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(5) How can I describe the beauties of his (Ni'matu-1-lah's) 

 taosque, for its qualities are beyond enumeration. 



(6) I inquired of the divine inspirer about the date of the 

 building, a voice came, " The house of the most high God. " 

 1031 A.H. = 1622 A.D. 



(5) Khan Sarwab. 



Sarwar in Persian means a tank, Khan Sarwar therefore 

 means a tank built by the Khan, The Khan referred to here is 

 Shah Quli Ivhan, the governor of Narnaul. The building is a 

 fine specimen of the species of architectural display which arose 

 on account of the great fondness of Indians for water. Khan 

 Sarwar is a pleasure house built in the middle of a tank. The 

 central building is reached by a causeway about 60 yards long. 

 It consists of one hall only, which is surrounded by a gallery- 

 The building is decorated by cut-plaster work and painting. 

 On the roof there are five kiosks, four at the angles, and the fifth, 

 bigger than the others, at the centre. The building is not in a 

 dilapidated condition, but it needs repairs. Grass and vegetation, 

 which are tearing it, should be removed; plaster has peeled off in 

 many places and should be repaired, and the doors which are 

 filled up by rubble sliould be opened. The building has some 

 inscriptions, which are as follows : 



The inscription over the north arcl 



Text. 



^y ^j} lSJ^j ^ ji^o ^— ^ ^J (1) 



3iJ^ Uu ^jii yf\ jsLi «>— ^ ji (2) 

 e)f ^lii e)lS. Jj jsLi o^-f ^^y i^y^ (3) 



Ij ^\ ;Li i.o^ tJi.p ,-Ai *a. w*b 



jHl^ ju* ^j^ <^jp ^-« _^ ^j 





TraJislation, 



(1) This pleasant building which is the envy of Irani} its 

 water and air are refreshing like Pax^adise. 



(2) It was built in the reign of Akbar, the victorious, the 



i Ira7n^ the celebrated bat fabulous gardens, said to have been anciently 

 made in Arabia Felix by a king named Shaddad bin 'Ad or Iram bin 



Omad. 



