1G F. S. Growse — Inscriptions from Mathura. [Jan. 



31 lakhs of dams (10 dams = 1 rupee). His jagir at Mathura and 

 Mahaban was given to A'zam Khan. 



In 1055, A'zam Khan, on account of old age, did not keep the rebelli- 

 ous inhabitants of Mathura, Mahaban, and neighbouring places, in proper 

 check, though he had his tuyid there, and Makramat Khan, governor of Dihli, 

 who had successfully administered his province, received the Faujdari and 

 Tuyiildari of Mathura, in addition to his duties and emoluments. Pddi- 

 sMhndmah I., 230 ; I., b., 5,105 ; II., 23, 111, 170, 309, 425. 



Mr. Growse gives another inscription from the same mosque — 

 .>l.jf cjU^j l^i. Jo jf. blj ^Uij ^jLa £*U 1 >s-~ /0 ,^j| 



1. May this Jami' Masjid of majestic structure sliine forth for ever like the 

 hearts of the pious ! 



2. Its roof is high like aspirations of love ; its courtyard is wide like the arena 

 of thought. 



II. 

 Mr. Growse's second inscription is taken from the centre arch of a small 

 mosque in the Mohanpur Mahallah — 



1. In the reign of Shah Muhammad Sh a h, 'Abdurrashid built this mosque. 



2. Thought suggested the tdrikh, ' He built a beautiful mosque.' [A. H. 

 1158 ; or A. D. 1745]. 



The builder seems to be unknown, and the composer of the inscription has 

 wisely not mentioned himself; because the first hemistich contains an 

 absurdity in the repetition of the word Shah, and in the second hemistich 

 there is a sad lapsus metri, as the letter 'ain in '^IM-urrashid must be 

 elided. The metre is the khafif. 



Ths following two inscriptions from Mathura belong to the present 

 century — 



III. 



t&Ua* (ji-<£> jit> &\j±> b-V* .JY* 1 ^y* J& * (*i^* *i^ iit$ ^& f^ J^'T <^i<^- *& 



e>l»i^- v^ (."0 j^-r*^ 1 *^ o«' ^r" L5 x: * ^<i J' £i>^ J '--»/♦* ci ^' t-jL^ja 



^ys^ I r r r *J~> 

 Mr. Growse says that the inscription is taken from the Goghat of the 

 Siva Tal, a large tank of very handsome architectural design, constructed 

 by Raja Patni Mai, in 1807 A. D. 



The last line is not clear. The metre is Lonsr Eamal. 



