104 H. Blochmann — On Salcit Inscriptions, [Mat, 



shewed his face, and politely thanked 'Alawal for his good intentions. At 

 the same time Tatar Khan called to the emperor not to expose himself to 

 the shower of arrows ; but Jhujhar Khan told him to hold his tongue and 

 not direct the attention of the enemy to the emperor by calling out his 

 name. Akbar, still on the same elephant, now broke down the wall and 

 entered the place, joined by three or four other elephants. A good number 

 of the rebels were killed, whilst others retreated to the house which they 

 barricaded. Akbar gave orders to make a hole in the roof of the house and 

 had hre thrown into it. Nearly one thousand people were thus consumed 

 by the flames of divine fury. 



Akbar returned towards evening. 



Mr. James in a letter to Mr. Atkinson writes as follows — 



' You will remember that some time ago Mr. Blochmann asked you 

 whether you could get a place *^J^J or A^^J identified, where Akbar narrow- 

 ly escaped with his life in a fight with some dacoits. The story is still 

 known among the people here. It was thus. A certain renowned dacoit 

 stole some of the crown jewels from the palace of Fathpur Sikri, and fled 

 with them to Paronk'h (^X^Psl), a Thakur village on the Isan in the Mainpiiri 

 district, 9 hos south of Sakit. Akbar demanded his surrender, but the Tha- 

 kurs refused. On this Akbar came himself with some troops, and besieged 

 Paronk'h. The fort soon capitulated, and the thief was brought bound to 

 the emperor. Then comes a parallel story to that of Col. Blood in Charles 

 II. 's reign. Akbar only complimented the thief on his audacity and reward- 

 ed him. 



' The remains of the Paronk'h fort, situated in the midst of a khera, 

 are still visible.' 



The following are the inscriptions from Sakit — 



1. Inscription from a mosqiic huilt during the reign of Ball an (from a 

 rubbing). 



This blessed mosque Avas built in the reign of the Imam, the Lord of the world, the 

 King of mankind, Ghiyasuddunya waddin Abul Muzaffar Balban, the 

 Sultan, the right hand of the Khalifah, the helper of the Commander of the Faithful — ■ 

 may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule, and elevate his order and dignity ! — in the 

 days of Qu tin gh the Royal , in A. H. 684 [A. D. 1285]. 



For other Balban inscriptions, vide Thomas, Chronicles, p. 136 ; Pro- 

 ceedings, A. S. Bengal, May, 1873^ p. 94, and the Palam Baoli Inscription;" 

 in the Journal for this year. 



