1875.] Blochmann — on Inscriptions from Kashmir and Agrah. 113 



found in Northern Bihar, is an additional proof that Northern Bihar be- 

 longed to Bengal during the time that Southern Bihar belonged to the 

 kingdom of Jaunpur (J. A. S. B., 1873, Pt. I, p. 221). Mr. Bayley se- 

 lected several for his own cabinet ; of the twenty-six left, there were — 



6 A'zam Shahis, of types published by Mr. Thomas in J. A. S. B. 

 1867, p. 69. 



2 posthumous A'zam Shahis, dated 812. 

 18 Jalaluddin Muhammad Shahis, of 818, 819, 822, 823, 826. 



Col. Hyde kindly allowed the Society to select a few, and seven 

 coins have thus been secured for the Society's cabinet, viz,, 2 posthumous 

 coins of A'zam Shah, dated 812, and 5 Jalaluddin Muhammad Shahis, 

 dated 818, 819, 822, 823, 826. 



Mr. Blochmann laid before the meeting several readings of Muhavn- 

 madan inscriptions received from Capt. H. C. Marsh, 18th Bengal Cavalry, 

 and Mr. T. W. Beale, A'grah. He said— 



The readings sent by Capt. Marsh are from the Jami' Mosque in 

 Sri'nagar, Kashmir. The first belongs to the Mosque itself; the other 

 is from a bdoli, or well, opposite the principal entrance ; and the third, a 

 decree from the Emperor Shah Jahan, is from the entrance of the mosque. 

 The second and third inscriptions were published in the Journal of the 

 Society for 1864 (p. 278) by the late Revd. I. Loewenthal.* The first 

 inscription, I find, is also given in the Persian history of Kashmir, entitled 

 Wdqi'dt i Kashmir, and written in A. H. 1148 by Muhammad A'zam, and 

 in the Urdu translation of the work printed in 1846, at the suggestion of 

 Dr. Sprenger, by Munshi Ashraf 'Ali of Dihli. The reading is (metre, 

 long hazaj) — 



^j'+lwo^j^ C^ijj «**» j^~>^^- lyJl <**" # ^■S'^+^'^jjd G ^j «Jj <>/* <XJ oj.s: A : 



v." 

 ^ib^ji *xs ? (f j,b JLj.wiy j\ ^'i * ^uf «-»jIa Iaa? ewa. ji^-v ^j/i j^. 



1. At first, the Jami' Mosque was built by Shah Sikandar, the second 

 [Alexander] ; and according to God's decree, it burnt down. 



* In Mr. Loewenthal's Bdoli inscription, J. A. S. B., 18G4, p. 286, wc have to read 

 S.+Z^j** f or &+£*. I, 5 ; and cr** 1 "" for J^*-^ K in I. 6. The tdrikh has been wrong- 

 ly added lip ; for the year in which Mahmud built the well was 1152 A. 11., or A. L). 

 1739, but not 1056 A. H. 



