170 Inscriptions on Jahdndras tomh (Dihl'i). [Nov. 



Majesty [Aurangzib] was much afflicted by the death of his elder sister, 

 and ordered that the nauhat (music at sunrise, &e.) should Yiot be played at 

 Court for three days." 

 The inscription is — 



aiJ Jj\ ^jli »Li^b ^^l4a.»l^ C^ij *JU^^ ^^l^l^a. (3^Jy/o \j\i^^%=^ ^-JjJtAJl 'ij:SisJ\ 



( ♦ <) r *J^-vo 



He is the Living, the Lasting ! 

 Let no one cover my lonely grave With gold or with silver brocade : 



Sufficient for me is the cover of turf Which God for the 'poor has made. 

 The poor, the perishable, Jahdndrd, the disciple of the Chisht Saints * daughter of 

 Shdhjahdn Padishah i Ghdzi — 3Iay God enlighten his evidence ! A. H. 1092. 



The verse contains an allusion to the practice of the lliuhammadans to 

 cover the tombs of saints with costly clothes, or at least with a white sheet, 

 as may still be been in many dargahs. 



5. From the Government of India, Public Works Department, forward- 

 ing a copy of the correspondence regarding a fall of Hghtning on the Left 

 European Infantry Lines at Morar. 



The following letter from the Executive Engineer, Morar Division, Mili- 

 tary Works to the Superintending Engineer, 3rd Circle, Military Works, was 

 read. 



Has the honor to report that No. 3 Barrack, L. E. I. Lines was struck 

 by lightning on the night of the 27th Instant. 



2. The lightning struck the north-east comer of the east portico at 

 the end of the gable cornice, stripped a piece of plaster oflP, fom- inches wide 

 and about eighteen inches long. 



3. It then entered the building through a door below the cornice, 

 striking a man on the arm, who was closing the door at the time the flash 

 occurred. From the door it went to an arm-rack within the barrack, at a 

 distance of about thirty-six feet, struck a bayonet, diilhng a small hole through 

 it, and apparently passing down the barrel split up the stock of the rifle. 



4. No trace can be found of its disappearance, and the building is 

 uninjured, except that one or two hooks for window-lines near the door are 

 said to have been knocked out of the wall by it. The man was senseless, 

 but has partially recovered, being still unable to use his limbs on the side 

 he was struck. 



* To whicli also the renowned Mu'inuddfn i Chishti of Ajmir belongs. He was 

 looked upon as the patron of the Imperial family. 



