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1874.] Blochmann — On J/r. Beale's Fathpiir SiJcri Inscriptions. 175 



A biographical notice of Mir Ma'pum Nami will be found in my Ain 



Translation, pp. 514, 515. 



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 2. 



In 1008 A. H., when Akbar left for the Dak'hin and arrived at Ujjain, 

 he ordered the following inscription to be put up on an old building there. 

 The inscription is by the same poet as the preceding — 



J la. j^^J (^>o Aa. ^^Ij <XJjj_^i. 2$^^T *^->l Ca-^aJ c)^-^*; J ^•^=^ *^ ^^^ 



In the 44th year of the Divine Era, or 1008 A. H. [A. D. 1599-1600], the victorious 

 army passed this place on its way to the Dak'hin. 



1. O N a m f, last night my heart asked fate to explain the circumstances of the past 

 and of the future. 



2. Fate answered, ' Information regarding those who have past away has no trace, 

 and the future is like the past. What canst thou know regarding it ?' 



When after the conquest of the Dak'hin, Akbar returned, in 1010, to 

 Fathpur Sikri, he ordered the following inscription to be put on the other 

 side of the ' Baland Darwazah'— 



iSAlx) Si jjU^b^xi't o.*a^ ^«>Jf J^^ <xU( Jji j;^jbc2Jlii ^I^IaU o^^sir^ 

 Jj.if^/0 ^^h fCT xIm j^j ^^^ j)j.j ^txili. <Xj j_^*'--/o IftjU, iXi" ^j^JAJf^ J 1^^^ 



His Majesty whose throne is high as the heaven, the shadow of God, Jalaluddin 

 Muhammad Akbar Shah, conquered the kingdoms of the Dak'hin and of Dan- 

 desh, formerly called Khandesh, and arrived on the 46th year of the Divine Era, or 1010, 

 in Fathpur, in order to go to Agrah. 



1. As long as the names of heaven and of earth remain, and as long as Existence is 

 found in the world, 



2. May his [Akbar's] name be lofty as the heaven, and may his spirit be forever in 

 the world, 



Khandesh was called Dandesh in honor of Prince Danyal, Akbar's third 

 son. 



Both Mr. Beale and Sayyid Ahmad give the word /i'Aa instead of //-^M. Sayyid Ahmad 

 says that Sikri was called Fathpur in memory of Akbar's conquest of the Dak'hin ; but 

 this is wrong. 



