134 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



Text. 





tf# «W «P ** 



KJP)$3 



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er*^^ etf^** 1 





*jU*«J q . . ^)f° wi\^ )J1 l\» SkJjJ 



Translation . 



In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. 

 Assistance from God and a speedy victory : and do thou bear 

 good tidings to the true believers. 



God ! There is no God but He ; the Living, the Eternal : 

 Slumber seizeth Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongeth what- 

 soever is in Heaven and in the Earth ! Who is he that can 

 intercede with Him but by His permission ! He knoweth what 

 hath been before them and shall be after them ; and they shall 

 not grasp aught of His knowledge save what he willeth. His 

 Throne comprehendeth the Heavens and the Earth ; and the 

 upholding of both burdeneth Him not : and He is the High, 

 the Mighty. 



This Gate was constructed during the time of the Ruler of 

 the Cities, Chief of Chiefs, 'Alau'd-Dunya W'a'd-Dln Abu 1 



Muzaffar Husayn Shah May God perpetuate 



his Kingdom and sovereignty. 



For Shahlar Mubarak, in the year 900 h. (1494-95 a.d.). 



• * *i T 11 ] n0W be seen that the ascribed basalt could not be 

 intended for an insignificant tomb, but was fixed or intended 

 to be fixed over one of the triumphal Gates of Madaran. The 

 name of the Gate was «?. Mubarak," the first word- 



< i m C °L not deci P he r, commences with the letter 8h 

 ^n . * ther the basa lt was fixed over the Uria-Mardarui> 

 or unssa Gate, which has, at present, no inscription, after a 

 victory; or on the Gateway by which people might enter the 

 tort from the plains below, is not certain. The inscribed basalt, 

 i daresay, was removed by some unscrupulous persons, after it 

 nad fallen or been pulled down, from a gateway for which it was 





