1872.] Inscriptions from Kol. 1G7 



a dargah for the saint Ilahbakhsh and a mosque by Sabit Khan, in A. H. 

 1129 and 1141, or A. D. 1717 and 1728. 



The fort is now in ruins. Sabit's mosque stood in it. 



None of the persons mentioned in the inscriptions occm* in Muham- 

 madan histories. 



I. 



4L^j^^l — J t>iUj (^^ ^JU^ ^— j^'^-=^ C5:! J' '-^■JiM-^^ /♦^^■^■* 



Jw i7te name of God, the Merciful and the Clement ! 



1. At first I said, 'Praise he to God who has created Mugtafd (the Prophet).' 



2. I then wrote several verses on account of the Fort. I shall not remain — a monu- 

 ment {of me) shall remain. 



3. A strong fort, a firm foundation, completed in the reign of my Tcing, 



4. Whose name is Ih rdhim [son o/] Sihandar, who bestows silver and gold on 

 beggars. 



5. During the Bhiqddri (collector ship) of Muhammad, son of 'Ummar, when 

 Shihdh, son of Munaww ar, was Councillor. 



6. He has suffered much hardship on account of the building, and raised the struct 

 ture in a short time. 



7. It was in 931 A. H. [A. D. 1524-25], when the fort was completed. 



. 8. May I, a helpless man, whose name is Ah ma d, find on the day of resurrection 

 the shadow of Ahmad (the prophet). 



II. 



j\yjfi Awj^ ^J (.Jo ^_^jj <>.«.«'° ^j i.S-xi jSL*.2^ d>y> ^^L. o^JtJ ^\jSiSLi\ j*^U. 



* v^ilj V'J:!^"' jU*'^ "^^ jf-SV j' ^s")^^ 

 This tomb was built for the rest and peace of Shdh Ildhbakhsh, {the saint) acquaint 

 ted with hidden truths and revelations, by the slave, the servant of the faqirs, Sab it Khan 

 alias J a' far Beg, son of Muhammad Beg,in the year 1129 A. H. [A. D. 1717], <7ie 

 6th year of the reign of Muhammad Farrithhsiy ar, Pddishdh i Ghdzi, with the 

 assistance of Bhdo Singh, the Architect. 



III. 



