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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
که از بستان معنی یاد کارست
آرست
مرسوم غلام رجاکرش
درلت ار استارست که طرح که روز رزم جون اسپندیارست که در ملک عدالت شهریارست بكفتا نهصد و شست رجهارست
جلال الدین محمد اکبر آن کل جهانگیری که جون خاقان رقيصر
کشته باني این بنا را امیری امیر کشور شوکت علی درست عدالت پیشه جن ار ندیدم جرجستم از خرد سال بنایش
Metre: Hazaj.
"In the world nobody has seen such a building since the beginning of time; "It suits to the time of a king who is a sovereign on the battle-field of manliness,
"JalAladdin Muhammad Akbar, the rose, which is a reminder of the spiritual flower garden;
"A conqueror of the world, who makes (men), as the emperor of China and the Cæsar, his accustomed servants and slaves.
“An Amir was the builder of this building, of whose power the foundation is solid, -
“The chief of the kingdom of the majesty, 'All Dost, who is like Ispandyâr on the day of battle.
"I never saw a practiser of justice like him who is sovereign in the reign of justice.
“When I asked the mind the year of its erection, he said It is 964"" [began the 4th November 1656].
Alt Dost Khan Barbégt (master of the ceremonies), son of Hasan 'Ali, is mentioned in the Akbarnáma (II, 69), 963 A.H. as one of Tardt Beg's officers in the war against Hém. A.H. 961 he is named among other nobles who accompanied Humayun to Persia (I, 823). In 984 he was attached to Shihabaddin Ahmad Khân; and in 991 he was intrusted with the care of the army and the pay of the soldiers (III, 404). For the last time he is mentioned A.H. 1006 (III, 644). He had a son, Fatḥ Dost, who died in 989 (III, 854).
21. Over the south outer arch of the masjid of the Qazizadas, in the Mahalla of the Qazîzadas, in the fort of Sonpat, is a rectangular soft sandstone slab, measuring 2'6" by 10", which contains three lines :
لااله الا الله محمد رسول الله
جر خش بری عنبر
صفايي عرش خوشا تعمیر مسجد زير افلاک
شاه اكبر
محمد جلال الدین
جان عالم زمانی شد بشاهي
بامر قاضي احمد با بنم دکر شده تاریخي (bio) بناء اور مسلم ماه رجب رجب قدره سنه تسع رسنين وتسعماية
Metre: Hazaj.
"There is no God, etc.
“Well I the repairing of the mosque—the clearness of its roof under the heavens is like fragrant ambergris
"Was in the time of the kingdom of the soul of the world, JalAladdin Muhammad Akbar Shah,
