1875.] Blochmann — on Inscriptions from Kashmir and Agrah. 115 



emperor on his visits to Kashmir. Through her influence he obtained a 

 mancab, and was appointed to his birthplace, which belonged to his zamin- 

 dari. In Srinagar, he pushed on several works of public utility. He 

 repaired the Lachmah Kol canal at the request of Malik Jalal uddin Tha- 

 kur's widow for the benefit of the great mosque and of the inhabitants of 

 the neighbourhood who suffered from want of water. He also improved 

 the Jadi Bil, which up to that time had lain waste, and rebuilt the shrine 

 of the saint Shamsuddin of 'Iraq. The shrine had been built by Daulat 

 Chak ; but Haidar Malik's father, Hasan Malik son of Muhammad Malik, 

 had burnt it from sectarian motives. This took place during the time when 

 I'tiqad Khan was Jahangir's governor of Kashmir, a governor whose 

 oppressiveness became proverbial." From the Padishahnamah (I, b., p. 52) 

 we also see that Haidar Malik was in charge of the Shahabad villa and 

 gardens which Jahangir had built at Yernag.* 



A'grah. 



Mr. T. W. Beale has sent readings of the following inscriptions. He 

 writes — 



" There is an old mosque still standing in Hing ki Mandi, opposite to 

 the house called the house of Baja Patni Mai in A'grah — it was built in the 

 time of Shah 'A'lam Bahadur Shah, the son of 'A'lamgir, in 1123 A.H., by 

 a Khwajahsara, named Yaqut Khan. It has the following inscription — 



jyl£ CU&A sl-i^lj ^j^ gj, # J[ £ ^ ^ J<S j ,)JJ| t^^ri 



I I rr 



1. To the praise of God, (hiring the reign of Shah ' A 1 a m, the king of the faith, 

 the sovereign of. the seven rearms, 



2. This mosque was built by Y a q u t K h a n. It surpasses in beauty the writ- 

 ing of Yaqut. f 



3. Genius wrote down the date of its erection — ' Behold the mosque of Yaqut (is 

 in beauty) like a Qoran copy. A. H. 1123 [A. D. 1711]. 



"About the year 1850 A. D., near Sayyid Khan ki Mandi at A'grah 

 there was a shrine which had a large dome over it. It was sold by Govern- 

 ment, and was knocked down and the bricks were taken away. In the found- 

 ation of the building a rupee of Jahangir's time, struck at Agrah in 1030 

 A. H., was found. This I bought from the purchaser of the shrine, and have it 

 still in my possession, it contains the following verse (metre, long hazaj) — 



* Vide Ince, Kashmir Hand-book, p. 172. It is a curious coincidence that north 

 of Punch tho maps give two places 'Aliabad and llaidarabad. 



t In allusion to the famous caligraphist Yaqut of Baghdad. Vide Ain translation, 

 I, pp. 99, 100. 



