170 Blochmanii — On Mr. BeaJeh Agrali Inscri2)tions. [August, 



And Nawaub Ishmael Beg 



When he then a Captain was severely wounded 



On the death of Madarow Sindiah in 1 793 



He continued under his successor Dowlut Rao vSindiah 



And in 1798 he attained to the Rank of Colonel 



And immediately after to the Command 



Of Fort and City of Agra, 



And which he held to his death. 



Phillip Hunt, sc2:)t. Calcutta. 



Over the entrance is the following tarihh in Persian (metre, Muzari' i 

 AkJirah) — 



^jSWi ^t-? ^^^^ b*^^ J^^j jjj ^-^ * ffP) J^ *^*-^* "^i V"^-^ /♦f-^-^^ ^^^ 



1. When Colonel John William Hessing departed from this world 

 he left many sorrowing for his absence. 



2. By race he was from Holland and was born in that country. In India he became 

 through the kindness of the Almighty famous. 



3. The poet asked the inspiring genius of the unseen world to favour him with a 

 tdrihJi, which was to contain the year, the month, and the day. 



4. When he searched for a date according to the Christian era, the inspiring genius 

 said, ' The date is the 21st July [1803].' 



14. 



Going towards Fathpur Sikri from i^grah, we meet on the way, near 

 the village of Suchitia, commonly called Bhondagaon, the mausoleum of one] 

 'Abdurrahman Sultani, who it appears was killed in Zil-Hijjah, 

 988 A. H., or January, 1581, A. D., during the reign of Akbar, in a battle 

 fought with the Eana at Konbhalner. 



Nothing else seems to be known of 'Abdurrahman. I have not found 

 his name in the Akbarnamah. The Persian verses on his tomb, however, 

 are superior to similar productions. There are three poems (metres Khafif^ 

 Mutaqdrihj and BubdH metre , respectively), as follows : — 



^JjliilIA« t^liaaw \j j\ A$[if if^ ^Jj <^iJ jij^ U-^-^J '^^^ 



