172 Bloclnnanii — On Mr. Beale\<i Agrali Inscriptions. [AuausT, 



1. Through God's will he became at last a martyr, and left the perishable world for 

 the life to come. 



2. Being a martyr, he does not grieve for this world ; for he has obtained a place in 

 the highest paradise, 



3. And because it was his wish to become a martyr. Genius said, " For the sake 

 of a tdrikh 



4. Take twelve from the words " one of the martyrs* killed by the Ra'na." 



5. He fought with the infidels for the sake of religion, and thus gained a good - 

 name in religion and on earth. 



6. This event took place in the month of the Sacrifice [Zil Hijj], on the night of 

 preceding Friday did it happen. 



7- God in His mercy has been good to him, and a place has been prepared for him 

 in Paradise. 



He brought no stock besides his hopes, God, in Thy mercy, do not render him 

 hopeless ! 



1. He was a man whose heart entered this perishable caravanserai, but left it again 

 without feelings of regret. 



2, Many a date palm there is that produces pleasant fruit, and yet the wind of 

 destruction scatters its leaves. 



* This tdrikh is unclear. 



Instead of Rana (b|^ ) the verse has Upj ra'nd, ' a soft and silly woman.' Mr. Beale 

 says that Akbar gave the Rana of XJdaipur this nickname. 



Ra'na occurs also as the name of towns ; thus Ba9rah is often called ' Al-Ra'na/ 

 and the Ain i Akbari gives a parganah of the name of Barodah Ra'na under Sirkar 

 Barnaul (N. W. of Agrah). 



The Rana alluded to is Rana Partab, generally called Rana Kika, whom Man Singh 

 had in 984 defeated in the great battle of Gogandah, N. W. of XJdaipur. In 986, Shah- 

 baz Khan Kambu (Ain Translation, p. 400) had wrested Fort Konbhalmir (or Konbhal- 

 ner), north of Gogandah, from the Rana ; and in 988, Shahbaz Khan was again sent to 

 Ajmir. " In consequence of his zeal and activity, Rana Partab wandered about on the 

 field of destruction, looking upon every morning as his last day. Many rebels were killed 

 and their property was destroyed ; and when the district was cleared, garrisons were 

 distributed over it." AJcharndmah, III, 283. Vide also Dowson, V, 419. 



