LUCKNOW DISTRICT

Published in the Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica, 1937-38, p. 40, Pl. XIII (a).

Lucknow.—Provincial Museum. Slab in the museum, No. 1. From Bara Banki

Akbar

A. H. [9]85 = 1577-78 A.D

Arabic, Naskh

Ibid., Pl. XII (c).

Do.      Do.      (reverse)

A. H. 1049 = 1639-40 A.D.

Persian verse, Nasta‘līq.

Ibid., p. 41, Pl. XIII (c).

Do.      No. 2

A. H. 1172 = 1758-59 A.D.

Do.

States that during the reign of Bābur qalandar, who conquered the earth as the sky does, one of his great nobles, the secondĀsaf, Amīr Bāqī, whose polity is the counsellor of the kingdom built this mosque and fort. Ends with prayer for the builder. Written by Faṭhu’llāḥ Muḥammad Ghūrī.

Do.      No. 3

A. H. 1253 = 1837-38 A.D.

Arabic and Persian,Thulth and Nasta ‘- līq.

Much damaged. About half of the epigraph totally gone. Seems to record the repairs of public roads and thorough- fares carried out at the orders of Abu’l Fath Mu‘inu’d Dīn Muḥammad ‘Alī Shāh of Audh. Also mentioned Qaisaru’d Daulah Mu‘azzamu’l Mulk ‘Alī Tajallī Bahādur Haibat Jang.

Do.      No. 4. From a ruined fort at Ferozpur, Muradabad District.

Regnal year 2, Sha ‘- bān 4.

Persian, Nasta‘liq

States that 12 lac dāms along with pearl, jewels and two swords were placed inside the under-ground chamber in theShīsh  Maḥal by (?) Sayyid Junaid Fīrūz. Name of the king not mentioned. Probably late Mughal period.

Do.      No. 5.

….

Do.

Constitutes a table showing distances in krohs between important cities and towns of Indian, with a few lines on the top giving the method of reference.

Fragmentary. The extant portion  contains only the name of the great Khān and  Khāqān, master of the sword and pen, champion of the age and time, Ulugh Iqrār Khān. Purport of the record not clear.

Mathura.—Museum of Archaeology.
Slab in the Museum, originally from the tank at Kosi.

Arabic and Persian, Nasta‘līq.

Badly damaged. Seems to record the excavation of a tank. Begins with Bismillāh and Throne Verses (Qurān, ch. II, verse 255).

Chunar.—Slab built into a well opposite Iftikhār Khan’s tomb.

A. H. 1022 = 1613-14 A.D.

Persian verse, Nasta
līq ;  Sanskrit, Nāgarī.

Bilingual. Damaged. Records the construction of ‘ an auspicious structure ’ by one Iskandar. The composer of the Persian version is ‘ Alī Luknatī. For  the Sanskritic portion, see No. 541-A of  Appendix B.

Sambhal.—Slab built into the mosque of Bādur.

A. H. 933, Rabī ‘ I 1 = 1526 A.D., Dec. 6.

Persian verse, Naskh

States that when the compendium of excellence and perfection, elevator of the banners of kingdoms and nations, etc., viz., the Jam-like king Muḥammad Bābur, lighted the torch of his fortune in India, Sambhal become illuminated by its rays.
He ordered his mean slave Hindū Baig, who was the best of the pillars of the state, to construct this mosque which might remain free from damage and ruin. It was completed on the first of Rabī ‘I. The words giving the day and month form the chronogram.

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