100 Canningliaws Inscriptions from Baddon and Dihli, [Mat, 



Mr. Blochmann exhibited tlie following rubbings of inscriptions receiv- 

 ed from General Cunningham, C. S. I., and Messr. E. T. Atkinson and H. 



JameS; C. S. • ' 



Bada'on. 



The following inscription was published from an imperfect reading, for- 

 warded to the Society by Mr. Wilson, Badaon, in the Proceedings for March, 

 1872, p. 49. G-eneral Cunningham's ruhhing enables me to give now a cor- 

 rect ^reading and translation. 



x^(lj( \.s>,f^^ j_^'^jo ^jikl^ <:uiki^ j>^c j^ ^\.]a\.»» jjl^.«.iU j^Ji^^t j ^J^S.}\ *il^ 

 H Ajl.^U3 J (^-Jji-wsj i^^ ^i^-w '6)'^^ V'^J V'^J \^^ J**^^ 



This strong vault of M a k h d u m a h J a h a n, the late mother of his Majesty 'Ala 

 uddunya waddin 'A' lam Shah the king, was erected during the reign of the 

 said king. Dated, 19th Rajah (may its honor be increased !), 866 A. H. [19th April, 

 1462]. 



The inscription is of interest as it proves that 'A'lam Shah was allow- 

 ed, after his abdication in 855 A. H., to retain royal titles at Badaon, where 

 he died in 883 A. H. 



Dihli'. 

 The following rubbing is taken from a loose marble slab at 'Alauddin's 

 Treasury, Qutb Shah, Dihli. The slab seems to have belonged to the door 

 of the mausoleum of some saintly person, who died in 932 A. H., during 

 the reign of Ibrahim Lodi. 



i^y^ yA-*M j^ j^ Jf ^y}i d^**> # /♦^l^t ^i^|\. ^^ S,Jm M)''*j JJ> 



4^lk^ \JL^j^\ (3^31 c5^^-* «-ft^J » o-^-^-J j*i *^ ^V c^'"^ dj-'^ 

 v_,llai(( <X swf^i. }^\ij^ O^Af * ^JCJ^c /♦yy^^'-Jj if^./^j ilJij-^ 



1. In the time of the king of the Muhammadan world, this heavenly door was ; 

 erected. 



2. Although there are hundred gates in Paradise, there is no door like this door. 



3. A Shaikh built it, whom you might correctly call a second Yusuf. 



4. When I made a request regarding its date and name, he [the angel] said, ' The 

 Dargah of Khwajah i Aqtab.' 



This gives 932 A. H., or A. D. 1524-25. 



A'grah. 



The following inscription belongs to a ruined mosque in the old Burial 

 Ground, at the Ajmir Gate, A'grah.* 



* A rubbing of this inscription from Mr. A. Carlyle was exhibited in June, 1871. 

 Vide Proceedings, for June 1871, p. 127 ; Keene's Agra Guide, p. 31. 



