1874.] Cimninghmn's Inscriptions from Agrah and Bandras. 101 



The inscription contains the A'l/at ul-Ktirsi^ from the second chapter of 

 the Qoran. Below it stands the following line — 



\ *r\ ^i J ij^3 j}y^ '^j Ai^j^ ^jUU^w ^_^a.(ab 



This mosque and dome were built in the time of N u r u d d i n J a h a n g i r, the just, 

 the king, by the mean slave Haji Sulaiman, in the year 1031 [A. D. 1621-22]. 



Suja'n Deo, near Allahabad.^' 



f^Jj^ o.^aj'^ j*UiA| Jf <i»-^ *-^'^^ ^i-^iJ c)^^ C/-f (*^ 



God is great ! 



1. By order of Shaistah Khan, our lord, this building, which resembles the 

 throne of Solomon in the air, 



2. And the road to which without guidance, on account of its height, cannot be 

 seen, 



3. High, wonderful, pleasing, high like thought, and inside remarkable, 



4. Was built in this world in the year 1055 [A. D. 1645]. 



5. This spacious and agreeable edifice was built under the superintendence of M u- 

 hammad Sharif. 



Bana'ras. 



The following inscription belongs to the tomb of one Lai Khan, Eaj- 

 ghat, Banaras. 



alf T ^yy^ (^\ so — Sj.'c ^[ — *J &\J\ jy Ji^-^j J I — ^ ^J^ 



I I A r LS^^^ ^^ 



O God, the opener, the wise ! 



1. Alas, L a ' 1 Khan! that excellent man, who in liberality resembled the cloud 

 and the ocean, 



2. Who possessed both liberality and valour, and raised up high the standard of his 

 fame, 



