19S H.- Blochmann — Inscriptions from Genl. Cunningham. [Dec. 



1. When Murtaza Khan joined God, the realm of futurity was opened to him. 



2. The angels proclaimed the following tarikh, ' bad pur w&r i Uakt rUhash,' ' .May 

 his spirit he fidl of divine light !' 



II. 



The following inscription General Cunningham found on a marble 

 tomb outside the 'Alai Darwazah, Qutb, Dihli. It consists of four lines, 

 and is 3 feet long and 13 inches broad. 



The inscription, which reads like' the preface of a Manuscript, records 

 the building by some saintly Sayyid of the vault which he had destined for 

 his own resting place. 



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In the name of God, the Merciful, the Clement ! 



Praise and prayer such as the angels near the dome of holiness and the dwellers in 

 the gardens of love are daily engaged in, be my offering to God, on whose road the 

 worshippers of the heavenly throne willingly give up earthly pleasures and the rewards of 

 future life ; and peace without end and numerous blessings on the fragrant spot and 

 shining tomb of the Intercessor on the day of resurrection, and on his pure family and 

 friends, for ever and ever. And through the Prophet, the giver of benefits and the bestower 

 of piety, God, in His eternal will, has permitted him (the builder), — who holds the rank 

 of a guide, resembles Muhammad in praiseworthiness, is an 'Alj in purity, possesses the 



leaves no doubt that he died in 1025 ; hence he died either in the end of the 10th or in 

 the 11th year of Jahangir's reign. The 11th year commences on the 1st Eabi' I, 1025. 



