1876.] H. Blochmann — IBeglar's Inscriptions from Bohtds, Bihar. 7 



This gives 983 H., i. e, A. D, 1575-6, or four years before ' Abduuiiabi's 

 banisliment to Makkah. 



VIII. 



From a Mosque at Sarai Daud, near '"Chiragh i Dihli ', 1 ft. 2 in. by 

 11 in. 



In tlie time of his Majesty JalaliiddiiiMuh.ammadAkbarBadisliah. 

 The builder of the Mosque and the tomb is Chandan, [i. e.'] the Eunuch Sandal, son of 

 'Alauddin, son of Alhiah, the sweetmeat-maker. A. H. 994 [A. D. 1586], at a cost of 

 300 Eupees. 



Fort RoMa's, in South Bihar. 

 Mr. Beglar took rubbings of the following inscriptions — 



I. 



From a loose stone from a Mosque, now in the palace of Eohtas, 1 ft. 

 10 in. by 2 ft. 10 in. Metre, Kliafrf. 



j^\_ }] iJ^^j OA«jt ujUo^fij A^ * ^^it[M.'^M^ i^j'i^'^ e)'-^ jj 



1. A k b a r, the defender of the faith, is that king whose brow, in its loftiness, 

 passes over the heaven. 



2. In the time of such a sovereign, who is obeyed by wild beasts and bu-ds, 



3. It occuiTcd to this Habash Khan to build a mosque for the sake of a 

 benefit. 



4. The chronogTam of this high mosque was found in counting up the letters in 

 JBuq'ah i Khair, ' a religious building'. 



This gives 987 H., or A. D. 1579. The lower margin, however, gives 

 the words — * In the month of Kajab, 986', i. e., September, 1578. The 

 margin on the top contains the creed, and the right and left margins the 

 Koran verse, * A help from God, and a near victory, and give the glad 

 tidings to the faithful'. 



