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years yet. A red sand-stone (size 14 by 10 inches) fixed over the south arch of the tomb, bears the following important inscription:
الله الرحمن الرحيم لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله بسم
در عهد دولت سلطان السلاطين جلال الدین محمد اکبر پادشاه غازي . مقبول الرحمن جمال خالي بن منصور روضه توفیق یافت راست کنانید جمال خان را امید تراب که يابد من تاريخ ذی القعده(؟) سنه الف وماية
"In the name, etc. There is no god, etc.
“ In the time of the reign of the king of the kings, Jalal-addin Muhammad Akbar Pâdish â h-i-Ghazi,
“ The friend of the Merciful, Jamal Khan, son of Mansar, found grace to build this tomb. Jamal Khân has hope that he will obtain reward. In the Zi'lqa'da A. 1100" [began the 17th August 1689].
This inscription is unique, as no other mention of Muhammad Akbar, son of Aurangzeb, has till now been found. Prince Akbar proclaimed himself emperor, assisted by the Rajpats, in 1089, and attempted to maintain the assumed title until 1100, when he fled to Persia. There exist no coins of his. The foregoing inscription shows that he adopted the julús name of his great predecessor, whose name he bore. It is highly interesting to find a document of the rebel king's son in a place lying so far north as Mahim, because Prince Akbar fled to the Marathas in the beginning of his insurrection and always lived in the Dekhan."
34. In the north wall of the enclosure of the mosque of the Pirzâdas is a red sandstone, measuring 19" by 16", which bears an inscription of five lines :
در مهد حضرت دولت (ale) شہنشاہ عالم بما ظهر الدي محمد باتر
عازي بادشاه خلدالله ملکه و سلطانه بنده درگاه مهري الفقير حقير جالير سفر انا ابن شیخ شور سالن حصار شايعاتي بتوفيق الله تعالى توفيق يانت مسود در قصبه مهم راس کنانید حق تعالی
مجاب و مستم اب گرداند بسته و فضله بتاريخ الهم ماه ربيع الأول شده است و باس و سمانه
"In the time of the reign of his Majesty the king of kings, the refuge of the world Zahiraddin Muḥammad Babar
"Ghází Bádishah-may God perpetuate his kingdom and his reign!-the slave of the court of the sun,
"The poor, base Janyu Sunu Aghâ, son of Shaikh Sunu, an inhabitant of the town of the joy,
"Through the grace of God Almighty found grace to build the mosque of the town of Mahim-May God Almighty
**Make him accepted and favoured through His kindness and His wisdom!-On the fifth Rabi'al awwal 936" [7th November 1529]
"It is not impossible, as I now see that the last word is saman and that the inscription belongs to Akbar himself. Ras or rast kunanidan with the meaning to build,' occurs several times in the inscriptions. In 19 and 33 rást has
distinétly been engraved.
