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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
ایره رایب که ارست طالب دین خردم رهنمون هزار رعشرين
عباسین ترم
که ابن مکن
برین
خلد دین داران بروضه
کرد مسجد بنائی اسمعیل سال تاریخ از خرد جستم کرشه شيني فقير عبد الصمد
محمد عربي از طفيلي
Metre : Khaftf.
“In a good career is the faith of Islam in the time of the king Näraddin (Jahangir) O God I may his justice and equity stand firm and solid a thousand years!
“This masjid has been built by Ism'ail Irah Raïb, who is a student of the faith.
"I asked the mind the date-year, the guiding mind (said) to me.1020'[began 16th March 1611].
"(1), a hermit, the poor 'Abd as-şamad, the son of Makan, who belongs to the family of the 'Abbassides,
"To the companions of Muḥammad the Arabian, the pious ones in the high Paradise."
In No. 11 'Abd aş-Şamad's father is named Mankan.
7. Over the gateway of Rustam Khan in the south of the town, on a sandstone, measuring 4 feet by 12%", are two lines, and flower arabesques :
اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمد عبده و رسوله تاریخ دروازه رستم خان ابن محمد خان سربني سنه ۱۰۴۹
“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 date of the gateway of Rustam Khân, son of Muḥammad Khân Sarbani (is) 1029 [began 8th December 1619].
"Jahangir elevated the builder from a commander of 60 to a chief of 5,000 foot and 4,000 horse and named him Rustam Khân; besides he bestowed on him the government of Gujarat. He put much confidence in him and placed him in 1032 as general under the command of Prince Parwez, after he had abandoned the service of the rebel Prince Shahjahân. Iqbáln. Jah, 209, Waqi'át. Jah, in Elliot's History, vol. VI, p. 388."
8. Over the central arch of the same mosque as No. 6, on a red sandstone measuring 471" by 9", is an inscription of two lines; (not in situ):
شد این روضه پر نور حسن شہید
کشید هزار و سی و پنج سالش
جهان کسي
شاه روضه را
جهانگير این
بدور تراریخ
Metre: Mulaqarib.
In the time of Jahangir, the king of the world, this light tomb of Hasan Shahid has been made.
“The date of it for a tomb has been brought by somebody (®) in the year 1085” [began 3rd October 1625).
9. Over the central outside arch of the Shaikhanwalla masjid, a soft sand. stone slab, measuring 4' 11" by 8}", contained originally four lines, but the first, in Arabic, has almost vanished. Also the other lines are much injured, and some words are
