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the old style was still prevalent. The tomb itself is a square 

 tower of the usual Pathan style. It has an inscription over its 

 doorway, which reads as follows : 



Text. 



t>^ ^^jMt ^ji^b Oo^t (^3^^ j^ 3^ 



5,\i> »s^j9 jliL j^ j^Jjji ^ (2) 



Lfj'F^ 1"JV 



Translation. 



(1) Alas! the leader of the world, the administrator of 

 religion, has passed away, whose holy nature was kneaded out 

 of pure light. 



(2) The exalted Shai^, as he had an angelic disposition, so 

 when I counted the date of his death, it came out, ''He was 

 an angel,"— 997 A.H. = 1589 A.D. 



The tomb has also a mosque in connection with it, which, 

 according to the inscription which it bears, is of jahangir's 

 time. Bat it appears much more modern and it seems that 

 since then it has undergone considerable repairs. It has the 

 following inscription :- 



Text, 



^j^j^ cA^=^j^ *^^y ^i-M.,5 iS ji^^ (^i<^i ^y »U jj^ (1) 



^ji ^/ ^yj-^ ^-j jt Ar AiJf ^^ J\j jaW, ^i/ (2) 



^>»5JtH^r^ J— ^if Jl_*f aiUj wJai i^}j Jio ^ (3) 



'-A^lj i>*U»ji cu-^^,^j «f ^t ^T^^--* olix) ^j^ c)^ (5) 



j^l*3^3=^ ^^ ar ^f \c^ ^^^ ju w-fiSUj (.0/ c^JLb (6) 



(Tl 



Translation, 



(1) In the reign of the king, Nuru-d-diu Jahangir, whose 

 hand in generosity is like an ocean : 



(2) The noble-minded visitor, Ni'matu-Mah, who has estab- 

 lished the custom of generosity : 



(3) In front of the tomb of the axis of the world, the per- 

 fection of truth, and the administrator of religion and the 



world : 



(4) Built this wonderful and grand mosque, which is a 

 match to the holy mosque at Jerusalem. 



