LIST OF ARABIC AND PERSIAN INSCRIPTIONS, 1952-53.

Serial No.	Findspot	Dynasty	King	Date	Language and Script	Remarks
	SAURASHTRA—concld. SORATH DISTRICT—concld. Junagarh—concld.
117	Museum of Antiquities. Slab in the Museum. No. 6. From Patan.	….	….	….	Arabic and Persian, Naskh.	Damaged. Refers to the erected of a mosque. Name of the builder and the date are not clear.
118	Do. No. 7. From the Market square, Patan.	Mughal	Aurangzeb	A. H. 1097, Rabi‘I 12=1686 A.D., Jan. 27.	Persian, Nasta‘līq	Weather-beaten. Contains an order issued by Shāh Wardi Khān, the governor of Sorath, stating that he would not follow the unjust practice, kept in force until then, by the previous governors and officials, of compelling the merchants to purchase the product of their land in lots and levy other imposts which resulted in loss to the latter. Enas with a warning against the continuance of that practice in future.
119	Do. No. 8. From Patan.	….	….	….	Persian verse, Naskh	Fragmentary and damaged. Most of the letters have a peeled off. Purport of the record not clear. The extant four lines request the reader to invoke prayers for the builder, viz., one who was inspired by Divine guidance, the mean slave. Mubārak, the bearer of the Qur’ān.
	UTTAR PRADESH AGRA DISTRICT
120	Agra.—Red Fort. Top of the Ghaznī Gate.	Ghaznavid	Maḥmūd of Ghazna	….	Arabic, Kūfic	Undated. Invokes blessings on Sultān Maḥmūd, son of Sabuktigīn.
121	Do. East wall of the guard room, Delhi Gate.	….	….	….	Persian Nasta‘līq	Fragmentary. The extant piece bears the words nuzūl-i-ijlīdfarmūd (see also, Transactions of the Archaeological Society of Agra, 1874, p xx).
122	Do. Below the above	Mughal	Jahāngīr	A. H. 1014=1605-6 A.D.	Persian verse, Nasta‘līq.	Records Jahāngīr’s accession to the throne. Composed and written by Muḥammad Ma’sūm al-Bakkarī.
123	Do. Four sides of the Black Throne	Do.	Akbar (Jahāngīr as prince)	A. H. 1011=1602-3 A.D.	Do.	Described the throne and eulogizes Jahāngīr both as prince Salīm and emperor.
124	Do. On the Hauḍ-i-Jahāngīrī	Do.	Jahāngīr	A. H. 1019=1610-11 A.D.	Do.	Badly damaged. Only a few words can be made out. Men tions the name of Jahāngīr and the haud-i-Jahāngīrī. The date is given in the chronogram contained in the last verse.