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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
تعلف هاتفي زد بانک کاان مصرع نويس
لي
در هزار و یکصد و شش بانت العام این بنا
Metre: Ramal.
"The follower of the law of the Prophet, the chosen one,' Abd-annabi, "Whose sight gives brightness to the mirror of the heart, "Erected, before the courtyard of Shah Buhlûl's mausoleum, "A grand mosque, which is to be the dwelling of worshippers. "A heavenly speaker said without hesitation, write the hemistich "This building was completed in 1106"" [began 22nd August 1694].
An inscription from a tomb near the Commissariat godowns, 6′ 23′′ by 10 inches, is of no value, as it consists only of Qorán, Súra V. 98.
IX.-BARWALA.
Barwala is now the head-quarters of a tahsil, distant 18 miles north-east of Hisar. In the Ain-4-Akbart, Pargana Barwala is mentioned as belonging to Sarkar Hisar. Its area was 136,799 bighas; the revenues were 1,097,807 dáms (109,052 Say. dáms.); the tribes were Sayyids, Malikzadas, Baqqals; the military contingent consisted of 100 horse, 1,500 footmen.
50. An inscription from an old mosque, measuring 2′ 5′′ by 8" is in very bad preservation :
الدنيا والدني جلد ملكة امرساء هده المسجد في عهد السلطان المعظم معر ال ابوالمطمر كميات السلطان عيد الاوليا والممرا تاج الدولة والدبي
السلطاني دام افعاله في العره [1] من ربيع الاول سنه یمان و یمانی و سیمانه
"This mosque was ordered to be built in the time of the noble king Mu'izzaddunya waddin-may (God) perpetuate his reign!
Abu-l-Muzaffar Kaiqobâd, the king, by the glory of the saints and the poor, Tajaddaula waddin.. the royal-may his prosperity be perpetual!-at the beginning of the Rabi' al awwal 688" [began 25th March 1289].
The inscription is important, as it is the first known of Kaiqobâd," son of Bughrâ Khân, viceroy of Bengal, the last emperor of the Balbani Turks, after whom the kingdom was transferred to the Khiljis.
51. A second Barwala inscription is of Balban's reign; it consists of two lines. It has also been much injured by the weather. The dimensions are 3′ 3′′ by 11 inches :
و سلطانه
بور [؟] الاسلام والمسلمين ابو المظهر بلبن السلطان ناصر امیر المومس خلدالله ملکه دام اقباله في العسري من سهر المبارك رمضان عمت معامله سنه ثمان وستمائة
"The light of Islam and of the Muslims Abul-Muzaffar Balban, the king, the helper of the Lord of the Muslims-may God perpetuate his kingdom and his reign!.. may his prosperity be perpetual !-on the 20th of the blessed month Ramazan-may its blessing be general !-680" [2nd January 1282].
The extant Balban inscriptions have been mentioned above under No. 15.
Another inscription of Kaiqobad, dated A.H. 686, exists in the Saddo masjid at Amroha, Murâdâbâd district, North-Western Provinces, (see A. Führer; 1. c., page 35).-Ed. E. I.
