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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
Both lárikhs give the year 1022 (began the 21st February 1613). 27. Three lines (10 4" by 13.)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله اللهم صلى على محمد وعلى آل محمد و بارک سلم اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمد عبده و رسوله قال الله تعالی ان
ازل بيت وضع للناس للذي ببكة مباركا وهدی للعالمين فيه ايات بينات مقام ابراهیم و من دخله كان ومنا الله على الناس حج البيت من استطاع اليه سبيد من كفر فان الله غني عن العالمين
صانع قادر تمامی اقتضا کرده
بفيض
جهان آرا سرای کعبه تمثال
عالی چر این
خرد كفتا جر ابراهيم بيت الله بنا کرده دل عاصی همی جست از خرد سال بنای ار
TRANSLATION. In the name, etc. There is no God, etc. O God, have mercy on Muḥammad and on the descendants of Muhammad. I testify that there is no God, but God who is alone and has no partner. I testify also that Muhammad is His slave and His Apostle. God Almighty has said, “Verily, the first house, etc.” (Qorán, Sûr. iii, 90-91). . (Metre: Hasaj)
When this high, Ka'ba-like, world-adorning edifice, through the benevolence of the powerful Creator, was completely erected, the heart of 'Âși was consulting the mind for the year of its erection. The mind said, " just as Abraham has built the house of God."
According to the abjad reckoning the tarikh gives 1028 A.H. (began the 19th, December 1618). "
The tarikh betrays the name of the builder, viz. Ibrahim Khan Fath Jang, son of Ghiyås Beg of Tahrán. This combination relies upon the very similar tarikh in the Haft Qulzum' (Rückert-Pertsch, p. 223) : baná-yi Ka'ba-ya sdní nihad Ibrahim, the erection of the second Ka'ba has been made by Ibrahim,' where Ibrahim Khân Fath Jang is expressly named as builder. He became governor of Bihar A.H. 1024, and afterwards of Bengal A.H. 1028, and stayed there till 1032, when he was killed in the battle with Prince Shahjahân. The tarikh of the Haft Qulzum gives the date 1040, but as Ibrahim Khân had already died in 1032, this date cannot be correct. Perhaps the izáfat after baná should not be reckoned, so that the year would be 1030.
