Museum of Antiquities. Slab in the Museum. No. 6. From Patan.

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Do.

Fragmentary and damaged. The extant portion seems to refer to (the construction of) a mosque in the capital.

Do. No. 7. From the Market square, Patan.

A. H. 933=1526-27 A.D.

Persian, Naskh

Records the construction of a well during the reign of the emperor Zahīru’d  Dīn Muḥammad Bābur at the time of his return from his battle with Rānā Sāngā. 

Do. No. 8. From Patan.

A. H. 970, Ramaḍān
=1563 A.D., April -May.

Persian verse, Naskh

Published in the Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica, 1925-26, p. 8, Plate V (a).

Agra.—Red Fort. Top of the Ghaznī Gate.

A. H. 1112=1700-01 A.D.

Persian verse, Nasta ‘ līq.

States that these buildings (mosque and tomb) were built by Dūlah Khān, son of Daryā Khān. The date is given by a chronogram.

Do. East wall of the guard room, Delhi Gate.

A. H. 1248, Muḥar ram S=1832 A.D., June 7.

Persian, Nasta‘līq

Gives a short account of the reconstruction of the mosque, originally constructed by Khwāja Basant, khwājasarā of Nawwāb Thābit  Khān through the efforts of Mīr Saifu’d Dīn of Narnaul and of the purchase of some shops adjoining it and establishment of an endowment for the maintenance of the mosque during the collectorate of Hading ; Ḥāfiz, Muḥammad Ishāq was made the trustee (mulwallī) of the mosque.

Do. Below the above

A. H. 935=1528-29 A.D.

Arabic prose and Persian verse, Naskh.

States that the mosque was constructed during the reign of Zahīru’d Dīn Muḥammad Bābur Ghāzī by Ashrafu’l Ashrāf Ghūran, son of Muḥammad, son of Islām.

Do. Four sides of the Black Throne

A. H. 1209=1794-95 A.D.

Persian verse, Nasta ‘- līq.

States that ‘ the Almāsgarh was constructed ’. the text forms the chronogram.

A. H. 970, Shā‘bān =1563 A.D., March-April.

Partly damaged. States that in the reign of the great king, the exalted Khāqān, lord of the kings of Arabia and ‘ Ajam, preserver of the cities of God and helper of His creatures, the support of the religion of the Prophet of Ḥijāz, Jalālu’d Dīn Muḥammad Akbar Bādshāh Ghāzī, Nizāmu’d Dīn Ibrāhīm Khān Badakhshī constructed this noble and blessed mosque. The names of superintendents or architects have peeled off while that of the scribe is Ismā‘īl.

A. H. 947, Sha‘bān 7=1540 A.D., Dec. 7.

Do.

States that during the reign of the king of the world, Farīdu’d Dunyā wa’d Dīn Abu’l Muzaffar Sher Shāh ‘ Ādil, Mas’ūdKhān, son of Mas’ūd Khān Batanī (?) constructed this auspicious mosque.

A. H. 1042=1632-33 A.D.

Persian verse, Nasta ‘- līq.

Assigns the construction of a mosque to Yakdil Khān built under the superintendence of Bhīkan  Khān during Shāh Jahān’s reign. Name of the scribe is Muḥammad.

Do. On the Hauḍ-i-Jahāngīrī

A. H. 1039=1629-30 A.D.

Damaged. Mentions the foundation of the town, which was named Sarāi Yakdil, during the reign of Shāh Jahān. The builder is obviously the same as the one men-
tioned in the previous epigraph. The chronogram bearing the date is not quite clear.

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