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INSCRIPTIONS FROM DELHI DISTRICT.
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missing, so that it is not possible to decipher fully the eighteen Persian hemistichs. give only the beginning and the date :
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جهجر . نہایت خوبی
جهانست
زشاهان که عالی تر که در زمین بمثلش بي نشانست
ہمدالله که در جهجر كلام ..
جہانگیر نورالدین بدر شاه بنای کرد رستم خان محمد خان
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بسن الف ر پنج رسی
(مرتب شده عمارت) بتاریخ دهم از ماه رجب
Metre: Hazaj.
"In the time of Shah Naraddin Jahangir, who is more exalted than the kings of the world, Rustam Khan, son of Muḥammad Khån, has built it, who has not his like on the earth."
In the verses that follow the beauty of the mosque is described. The building was completed on the 10th of the month Rajab in the year 1035 (the 7th April 1626].
10. Over the north-west arch of a small burj on the west side of the tank of Shah Ghazi Kamal, a short distance north of the town, is a red sandstone, measuring 4' 11" by 8", and containing eight hemistichs, arranged in two lines :
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کرد نشان نادر مثال مرض
خلق جهان بهر راحت فراغ
بدان
در غلر خردم کفت
عرفان ابن منکن که صاحب
سنه هزار سي و شش برد
... در زمانه خلیفه نور الدين
درگیل رای رایان رای سال تاریخ از خرد جستم کوششيني فقير عبد الصمد
Metre : Khafif.
"In the time of the king Näraddin the tank, which has scarcely its like, became a sign
"Of Rai Rayan Rai Darghal, for the benefit of the happiness of the people of the world,
"I asked the mind the date-year; the mind spoke to me know it in ghulúr.
"(I) the poor hermit 'Abd aş-Şamad, the son of Mankan, who is a master of knowledge.
"The year was 1036" [began the 22nd September 1628]. The name of the builder is not certain.
11. Over the central outer arch of Kalal Khan's masjid, half a mile outside Jhajbar towards the east near the Buawalla tank, on a red sandstone measuring 2 9" by 7}", sculptured at the ends, is an inscription of three lines :-
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شده مرتب ر موجود این بلند مكان و کرم عنایات کارساز جهان بلطف
شاه جهان خلایق پناه عهد
بدور بنای مسجد عالي كلال خان کرده
خدای عز رعه داردش بامن و امان بسال سی و نهم یکهزار شد موجود خلایق بثاء Concerning Rastam Khan, see above No. 1.
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