8o. Narnaul and its Buildings fContiaiied) 



Bj G. Yazdani, M.A. 



WiLAYA 



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Opposite to Ibrahim Shah's tomb, to the west of it, is 

 situated the tomb of Shah Wilajat. It is a building of the 

 Tughlaq period. The author of Gulzar says that the eastern 

 colonnades and the dome were erected by 'ALamjiKhau Mewati 

 in 760 A.H. or 1357 A.D. A portion of the enclosure also was 



remaining portion of the building is quite 

 modern. The old portion has all the stern simplicity and grand- 

 ear whicli are the characteristics of the middle Pathan style. 



built by him. The 



The arche.^, after the fashion of the time, have the 

 and the roofs are of the ordinaxy Jaina style, 



diagram of roofing, ITo. 114, 

 Indian Architecture (p. 214). 



given 



m 

 The tomb 



ogee curve, 



similar '^to the 



Fergusson's History of 



itself is surmounted 



by a bulbous-shaped dome, crested by a finial of the Pathan 

 style. The interior of the tomb is a perfect square. It has*Jsome 

 paintings, but they are quite modern. The corners are decorated 

 by pendentives. The building is in a very good state of preser- 

 vation and needs no repairs. But, unfortunately, it has under- 

 gone a vety bad whitewashing ; if this can be scraped off, the 

 beauty of the building will be orreatly enhanced. There is 'an 

 inscription over the doorway of the tomb, which I have read as 

 follows : 



Te^rt. 





^ri 



i^}\jjj^ 



J 



(1) 



J 



J^^ KJ^'J 



i J- ^. (2) 



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Translation 



(1) The chief of chiefs, the old Turk, when he departed 

 from this world : 



(2) The scribe of Wisdom, for the year (the chronogram) 

 of his death, said, ''Alas! he was a model to saints."— 



531 



A.H. = 1137 A.D. 



(4) The Tomb op Shah Nizam. 



The building is of Akbar s time, and though then the style 

 was gi'eatly changed at the capital, yet in places distant from it 



J The nataerical value of the nnderlined sentence gives the xmmber 

 531, which 13 the kijra year of the saint'a death. 



