1S73.] Ganga Parshad — Amrohah Inscriptions. 101 



3. The Mosque of Amrohah. 



The following inscription is on the Jami' mosque of the old town of 

 Amrohah. The town is rarely mentioned during the Mughul period ; but 

 its families of Sayyids were renowned, like those of Manikpdr, Bilgram, and 

 Barha. To them belonged the builder of the mosque, Sayyid Muhammad, 

 of Amrohah, who held the post of Mir 'Adl, or Chief Justice, in the first 

 half of Akbar's reign ; vide my Am translation, pp. 438, 490, where his 

 biography will be found. 



The inscription is (Metre, Mujtass). 



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1. In the reign of A k b a r, the victorious, the glory (jaldl) of power and religion 

 the pivot of the kingdom and of the faith, the Padishah, the shadow of God, — 



2. (Time, without exaggeration, is the servant of his throne ; the stars, without 

 hesitation, are his obedient servants), — 



3. The Jami' mosque at Amrohah, was built by the ornament of Muhammad's 

 religion, the nobleman with whom people take refuge, 



4. Of exalted dignity, Sayyid Muhammad, the just, to whose praise people 

 at all times sing homilies. 



5. Leave out the final he, and you will find the date in the words, ' the building 

 of the exalted Chief Justice.' (i. e. 996—16, = A. H. 980, or A D. 1572.) 



4. The Fort of Amrohah. 



The following inscription belonged to the Fort of Sayyid 'Abdul Majid, 

 alias Diwan, at Amrohah. The fort no longer exists ; only a portion of 

 the wall and gate is preserved. 



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