1873.] Delmerick — On Inscriptions from Sonpat. 95 



The portico of the tomb of K h w a j a h K h i z r Khan, son of Darya Khan Sliir- 

 waui — may God have mercy upon both ! — wag erected on Monday, 15th Shawwal, 

 928, in the reign of the just and liberal King, who relies on the assistance of the 

 Merciful, A b u 1 M u z a f f a rlbrahim Shah, son of Sikandar Shah, son of Buhlul, 

 the King. May God continue his kingdom and reign ! 



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With the help of God, who is blessed and exalted, and by His grace, the building 

 of this tomb of the great and noble saint, Miyan Khwajah Khizr Khan, the deceased, 

 the pardoned, son of Darya. Khan, son of the Shaikh of Shaikhs Shaikh Ahmad, son of 

 the king of Shaikhs Shaikh Manduki DarwisL Shirwani — may God have mercy 

 upon them, — zammdar of the town of Sonpat'h, was completed in the time of the 

 king of kings, theconfirmer of the laws of Islam and the faith, the shadow of God in both 

 worlds, who trusts to the aid of the Merciful, Abul Muzaffar Ibrahim Shah, son 

 of Sikandar Shah, son of Buhlul Shah, the King — may God perpetuate his kingdom and 

 rule ! — by order of Langar Khan Khizr, on the 15th Rajab — may the honor of 

 this month increase, — A. H. 930. 



Regarding these three inscriptions, Mr. Delmerick has the following 

 note : 



' The first inscription is of the time of Ghiyasuddiu Balban and bears the 

 date Rajab, A. H. 670, or A. D. February, 1272. There is only one other in- 

 scription of the time of this monarch extant, as far as I know, viz., that on the 

 walls of the Jami' Masjicl at Garhmukhtesar in the Mirat District, and no- 

 ticed by Thomas in his book on the Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Dilhi, 

 page 136. 



' The inscription now for the first time published, is on the walls of the 

 Masjid of Sayyid Naciruddin 'A'bidullah at Sonpat. 



' Local tradition states that Sayyid Naciruddin A'bidullah bin Ahmad, who 

 was usually called Abba Muhammad Nacir, came from Arabia via, Egypt to 

 Nishapur, where hearing that the Rajah of Kanauj gave large prices for Turki 

 horses, he bought a number of such horses and resolved to take them himself 

 to India for sale. He had sixty servants with him. On reaching Sonpat, 

 Rajah Arjun Deo, who was the Governor of the District, prohibited the Say- 

 yid from proceeding further, and wanted to get the horses by force. There 

 was a fight and the Sayyid together with fifty-nine of his followers suffered 

 martyrdom. Arjun Deo himself and many other Hindus were slain in this 

 contest. One man alone of the Sayyid's party escaped. His name was Jaubar. 

 He was protected by, and found an asylum with, Sheo Chand, a Brahman, 



