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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1875
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people) the title of Dasturul-mulk (may God continue him in his exalted position !), in order to obtain the mercy of God and to secure his great reward. This was on the 10th Sha'bân of the year* **
V-Rana Apna's Mosque,
ته سن اہل زمانہ فرحت الماى انى او august Majesty and the exalted refuge (of the بہت ديندار و خدا ترس و سخی و با وفا در زمان تاریخ سال عهده اش از فون حق گفت يحيي فرحت ملک امد از وی سالها
Translation.
سنہ اربع و اربعین و تسعمايه و یاد گار احمد چوجر |
قال الله تبارک وتعالی وان المساجد لله فلا تدعوا
مع الله أحدا وقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من بني This is the lofty Mausoleum of Ah rulad .1
مسجد لله تعالى بنى الله له قصرا في الجنة بنى المسجد في عصر السلطان الا عظم المريد بتائید الرحمن شمس الدنيا و الدین ابوالنصر مظفر شاہ بن محمود شاہ بن محمد شاه بن أدهد شاہ بن محمد شاه بن مظفر شاء السلطان خلد الله ملکه بانية المسجد المذكور والد ابي بكر خان بن محمود شاه سلطان المسمات برانی اثني من شهور سنة شمسية اربع سنة العشرين و تسعها ية |
Shah, the king, the dome of which, on account of its loftiness, matches the vault of the heaven.
2. Though het had many officers, and though they always exerted themselves to repair it,
3. No one has hitherto done so in so splendid a manner as the perfect mind of that respected and exalted man,
4. The benefactor of the present generation, Farhat ul-Mulk, who is pious, God-fearing, liberal, and faithful.
5. The chronogram of his office tenure has been expressed, with God's help, by the poet) Yahyâ in the words-"Farhat iM ulk, these letters give the year, A.H. 944 [A.D. 1537-38].
The memorial is executed by Ahmad Chhajjů."
VII.-Sadhub Sayyid's Masjid.
Translation. God who is blessed and high, has said, "Verily the Mosques," &c. [as above). And the Prophet has said, "He who builds a Mosque for God Almighty, will have a castle built for him by God in Paradise." This Mosque was built during the reigu of the great king, who is assisted by the aid of the All-Merciful, Shams uddunya waddin Abul-nasr Muzaffar Shah, son of Mahmûd Shah, son of Muhammad Shah, son of Ahmad Shah, son of Muhammad Shah, son of Muzaffar Shah, the king, -may God perpetuate his kingdom! The builder of this Mosque is the mother of A bû Bakr Khân, son of Mahmûd Sul. tân, who is called Rani Aşni. During the fourth solar [regnal] year, in 920. [A.D. 1514.]
VI.-Tomb of Ahmad Shah.
يا الله قطعہ در تاریخ بناء مسجد جامع یا الله
ملی نرخان چيمن المخا طب ملک الشرق
. بفرحت الملك مسجد سے با صفا و پر انوار
با سمان برود آنکه نورش بيت معهور و سقف مرفوعش گر بخواند لسان غیب سزد ہست در قز همچو بيت عتيق خالی از عابد ان بدان نبود چاء او عین زمزم چو منا جذب او سوق با رواج برود
شهيش بعهد أنكر شد بنا يش
هشتمین بر سد انا بكرسی شاہ محمود ابن شاہ لطیف
سلاطين را پناه دهد که
نوخان ابن چیمن کو بانیش فرحت الملی شد زلطف احد
روضة عالي احمد شاہ سلطان کز علو
ها کنبن او با سر طاق جفت گشتہ مهدی دا ران گرچه بودندش بسی و برده اند
دائما
او اندر مرمت کردن سعيها لیک ہرگز هیچ کس او را بدین رونق نساخت همچو ذات اكمل أن صاحب عز و علا
• The year may be 890 or 892 A.H., which would be . 18 or 198,
Or it (sc. the Mausoleum). The metre is long ramal.
