48 Baddon Inscriptions. [Maech, 



<;_laj ^5!aJ dA-w^Jlii/o ^^^s:J /♦v^ Jj^-^^ <_5'3^-c=^ oiv-.As'«» 

 *^b ^^ JJ.J (J""^-^ C?^ *^ e^'jf '^^'ij-^ •i^'^'^ (3-^^ ^* 



j^Uj 



^^U^^ O^^AiS" ^^A/of J)"l^ *♦* »i'^J'"' «5l7^'^^«>^(iJ'^^r(**l'^^ 



Translation. 



In the name [of God the merciful and the clement]. The date of the building of 

 the Canal-house of Malik ushsharq Khan Jahan [here follow three words not deci- 

 phered,] 



The fortunate king, the chosen of God, has built the canal, the garden, and the 

 sarai. 



There was at no time a canal here [like this] through which the Alexander -like 

 Sultan became famous. 



He is a hero {hahddur), a king of kings, the Khan of the world, for whom the field 

 of battle is a feast. 



He is liberal, a Ghazi, and just, and condescending in address. 



It is a well, a masjid, it is a sarai, a garden ; it is a joyful place, it is a good place. 



All people are satisfied with it, because that which is useful in its nature is last- 

 ing. 



In A. H, 798, [several words are broken ofi'] on the road to God. 



May faith and the world be according to thy desire : all people say Amen, and 

 we utter pious wishes. 



In thought and language the inscription is one of the worst that I have 

 seen. The metre is Mutaqdrih. In the last distich, I have inserted a >♦*, 

 as a syllable is wanting. I am doubtful as to the meaning and correctness of 

 the word Jl-H^, for which the second distich has JliAla.. The original cer- 

 tainly looks like ^UaI^^^ JdJmdd ; hence my translation " canal" (JJl-^ and jLi) 

 is a mere guess. 



The date 798, A. H., A. D., 1395, is quite clear. The first (prose) line 

 should not be considered a chronogram, as such chronograms were not then 

 in fashion. 



The builder alluded to seems to be Khwajah Jahan Mahk ushsharq, 

 the founder of the Jaunpur dynasty. 



The second rubbing is taken from an inscription on Sayyid 'Alauddin 

 Shah's tomb in Badaon, and is a sanad in which certain lands are set aside 

 for the preservation of the tomb. A plate and explanatory notes will be 

 given in the Journal. 



