160 Blochmann — On Mr. Beale's Agrali Inscriptions. [August, 



sack of Dilbi), or that on bis death his successor, none of whose coins have 

 been found, hesitated to set up a mintage of his own and adopted the harmless 

 course of coining in the name of his deceased predecessor. At any rate, Raja 

 Kanis, or Ganesh, probably followed this policy, and to him or to Ghiyas-ud 

 din's second son must probably be ascribed the coin now before our Society. 



Mr. Blochmann laid before the meeting liis translations and notes to 

 the following readings of inscriptions received from Mr. T. W. Beale, Agrah. 



A'grah. 



1. 



The following inscription* is from the shrine of Shaikh 'Ala- 

 nd di n M a j z u b, who died in A. H. 953, or A. D. 1546, during the reign 

 of Islam Shah. His shrine is in the Nai kf Mandi, Agrah ; it has a small 

 dome with Arabic Inscriptions inside the gumhuz, and is supported by eight 

 stone-pillars, on one of which is the following (metre, short hazaj) — 



1. 'A 1 a-uddin Majzub {%. e. the attracted, viz. by God), the wise, through 

 whom desired objects are fulfilled, 



2. Vanished suddenly from the eyes of men, as a ray disappears out of sight. 



3. I asked what the date of his death was, and Genius replied * 'Alauddin i Majzub.' 

 There are several tombs in the compound of the Dargah ; for the soil 



in which a saint reposes, is holy. Among the tombs may be seen those of 

 Hakims Baqa Khan and Liqa Khan, who died in A. H. 1207 and 1215, 

 respectively (A. D. 1792-93 and 1800). 



Regarding 'Ala uddin himself, vide Miffcah ut-tawarikh, p. 155 ; Kha- 

 zinat ul-AQha, p. 1056 ; Badaoni III, p. 61 ; Keene's Agra Guide, p. 47 ; 

 and the Akhbar ul-Akhyar. 



'Ala uddin's contemporary was Mir Rafi'uddin Muhaddis i 

 C af a w i. His shrine has a dome supported by twelve pillars, and is situ- 

 ated in the Haweli of A9af Jah (Ja'far Beg, vide Ain Translation, I, 

 p. 411), in Belanganj (Bluntganj), near the Bans Darwazah, Agrah. The 

 place where Rafi' uddin is buried, is also called Chauk A9af Jah ; and it 

 thus appears that the Chauk was built round about the shrine. 



Rafi' uddin's Mausoleum bears no inscription. ' 



* A reading of this inscription has also been received from Mr. E. Atkinson, C. S., 

 N. W. P. 



