17G Blochmann — On Mr. Beales Firuzabad Inscriptions. [August, 



3. 



Akbar's ' Khwabgah,' or sleeping apartment, in Fathpur Sikri contains 

 the following Persian verses (metre, long ramal) — 



1. The imperial palace is in every way better than the highest paradise ; at least, 

 there is no doubt that it is the highest paradise. 



2. The room of the emperor is beautiful, pleasant, and lofty, and comprises in its 

 structure the highest paradise. 



3. Rizwan, the keeper of paradise, makes the carpets of thy castle (smooth like) 

 looking-glasses ; and the Hur ul-'in (the ' Houris') make the dust of thy palace like sur- 

 mah (which is beneficial to the eyes). 



4 Whoever, like the heaven, worships the dust of thy threshold, obtains through 

 the virtue of the dust a Venus-like forehead. 



Fi'ru'za'ba'd, east of A'grah. 



Firiizabad lies about 25 miles east of Agrah. Elliot in his Glossary 

 (Beames, II, p. 89) says it was built by Firuz Khan, a nobleman of the 

 reign of the Shahjahan. The nobleman alluded to is called Firuz Khan 

 or F i r u z K h w a j a h ; he was one of Jahangir's eunuchs. At Jahangir's 

 death, he delivered Prince Shahryar into Dawar Bakhsh's hands.* His 

 tomb is of white marble, and stands at the side of the road from Firuzabad 

 to Agrah ; but the inscription on it only contains verses from the Qoran. 



Near Firuzabad is a tomb and a small mosque adjoining it. The tomb 

 covers the remains of 'Iwaz Beg Khan Bahadur Hizabr-jang, who died on 

 Sunday, ISth Eabi' I, 1189 [14th May, 1775]. The following inscription 

 is on it (metre, Kliafif) — 



L^-'^J-jy oi) tJiAs- <>/^ ^-h^ * ^'^'S iS^ ^'^^ ^^ ^^i.J^ Cf' 



\^i^^^ u^*j u^^jj "^h * ^ty S-^, ^jy, ^J'T :>j^ 



^^x>o\ ^yj d^J^y^it ^t^^ S^sKi .^ JUi.Likl^y J^j^'^^'^j^. 



^^iys>. o^'AJ (t^ ^9 j\ c:^^^ # vJiJt i^x^^ ^Ia ^^'y^tb 

 * Vide Calcutta Review for October, 1869, ' Death of Jahangir/ 



