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INSCRIPTIONS FROM DELHI DISTRICT.
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From the heavenly speaker I asked the date of completion, a voice gave me já (-y) sijda fayz da' (Bestow a place of adoration). 976.' (Ramazan 976 began on the 17th February 1569)."
The words of the tarikh give only 975. The poetry is very poor and difficult to understand. I do not pretend that my readings are absolutely correct.
4. Over the central arch of the ruined mosque of Miyan Raïb to the south of the Bazarwalli Masjid is a rectangular sandstone, measuring 19" by 15", bearing the following five lines. This mosque is in the last stage of ruin, the yard being filled with filth and sweepings; it is no more used for religious purposes.
اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له واشهد أن محمد عبده ورسوله کرد، بناء عمارت مسجد میان رائب بن پیاره في التاريخ عشر من شر (sic) ذي العم
میان دارد سنه ۹۸۹ فرمایش
"I testify that there is no God but God alone, who has no companion; "And I testify that Muhammad is His servant and His apostle.
"The edifice of this mosque has been built by Miyan Raïb, son of Piyara, on the tenth of the month Zi-l-Hajj,
“In the year 989 [5th January 1682]. His commander (toas) Miyan Dadd."
5. The graveyard of Miyên Raïb is situated half a mile east of Jhajhar, near the Buawalla tank. A red sandstone over the eastern gateway (27' by 13") bears the following inscription of four lines; the lettering is very poor :
را جهان
تاج
مبارکه اکبر از عدالت
شاه بدوري
پيارة
ابن رایب
میان ساختن [۶] چون دین بهتر محير
سلامت کیان [۶] همارا جبر نور
پر قصبه سنه الغه اتنه (sic) ماه رمضان محمد دولتیاره ارتاجی [۶] ......
"In the time of Shah Akbar, by whose justice came blessing upon the crown of the world
. * Miyan Raib, son of Piyara. “The town full of light, Jajar, is the repose of all nobles; “In the year 1002, in the month of Ramazan ( began the 21st May 1591) ....."
The marble gravestone itself measures 3' 8" by 104". It contains the Kalima and the words qabr-i-Miyán Ráïb; round the open middle space runs the Fátiņa. At
-Whatso، هرچه آمد برفت the foot of the stone the Persian sentence has been engraved
ever came has gone'.
6. Over the outside central arch of the mosque attached to the tomb of 'Abd as. Samad, half a mile east of the town near the Buawalla tank, is a red sandstone slab (21" by 17"), containing the following six lines :
نور الدين
خليفه در زمانه
استوار متین عدل و انصاف
خوش رراجيست دین اسلامی
هزار سال
بباد يا الهي
Cf the ford of Bava Piyars on the river Narmada, Iqbaln. Jah., p. 301.
| SR No. | 032556 |
| Book Title | Epigraphia Indica Vol 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jas Burgess |
| Publisher | Archaeological Survey of India |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 596 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 19 MB |