200 H. Blochmann — Inscriptions from Qenl. Cunningham. [Dec. 



This inscription is also given in the * Tarikh i Badaon,' or ' Chronicle 

 of the Town of Badaon,' by Bakhtawar Singh, Sub- Judge of Grorak'hpur 

 (printed by the Rohilk'hand Literary Society, 8vo., 84 pp., 1868, in Urdu), 

 where it is said that the slab stands to the right of the Mihrab. To the 

 left of it stands the following (metre, short Hazaj). 



III. 

 jy&S ^LL Ss* Jix" idJti tjtpay* ^i,±J] L^Jai ^U. ^g\x> 



^) aIJ! UJli. ^1 ^U. s * J. i^a. J& j) vjU ^j 



1. The building of the late Qutb-uddin Khan was firmly erected by Kishwar 

 Khan's order. 



2. When through the care of Shaikh Faiz-ullah i Chishti, it was with every grandeur 

 completed, 



3. Thought told me to say from my heart as tarikh the words ' Jchdliqd alldhu 

 akbar,' ' O Creator ! God is great.' 



The value of the letters of the tarikh is 1021, i. e., A. D. 1612. 

 The inscription measures 4 feet by 14 inches. 



The Iltitmish inscription of 628 [A. D. 1230] and the 'A'lam Shah 

 inscriptions at Badaon were published in the Journal, for 1872, Pt. I, p. 110. 



Champanagar, near Bhagalpur, Bihar. 



The following inscription was found by General Cunningham at a 

 Dargah, called the Mashan i Bardri, or ' domicile of virtues,' where some 

 Sunni ' Makhdum,' or saint, is buried. 



The slab measures 2 feet 4 inches by 15 inches, and contains three lines. 



« &4^j aU| fj$ Ji.fi It Ai* aUi KS i ) ^1+1* || &ic aJUi ^j 



^Uj Aj ^J g.X'cY ^.A^vo j(<^.*» jfaa^J O^O^jjJLJ'.^a. ^.Jjj-J ?t.» cM»^ *b!> Al ~ 



M I *rr j± j t5*« j ;!>* ***• ii * 3 ^ <J*V *jl>** **?£> v J J ojU^s 



(The Muhammadan creed, and the names of the four Khalffahs.) 

 When the weakest of the slaves of God, Khwajah Ahmad Samarqandi, by order of the 

 distinguished Nawab, the Prince of the people of the world, Shah Parwiz, son of 

 Jahangir, was appointed Faujdar of Sirkar Munger, he found grace to build this shining 

 vault. A. H. 1032 [A.D. 1622-23]. 



Kanauj. 



" East of the town of Kanauj," says Mr. T. W. Beale in his Mift&h- 

 uttawarihh (p. 127)," there is a Dargah, near the old fort, on an eminence. 

 Inside are two vaults built of red and white stone. One of them had an 



