1874.] Bloclimann— 0/i 3Ir. Beetle's Gwdlldr Iiiscnptions. 179 



Gwalia'r. 



The Jami' Mosque in Gwaliar,* which was biiilfc by MuHamid 

 Khan, an officer of Aurangzib's court, in 1074 A. H., or 1663-64, bears 

 two inscriptions, one inside and one over the gateway. 



Mu'tamid Khan's original name was Khwajah Niir. He was a eu- 

 nuch, and received soon after Aurangzib's accession tlie title of Mu'tamid 

 Khan (* the trustworthy'). In the second year, he was made a commander 

 of 1000, and 300 horse, and Commandant of A'grah, and was put in charge 

 . of the Imperial harem. 



On the 24th Jumada I, 1071, he was made Commandant of Gwaliar 

 where Sulaiman Shikoh, Prince Muhammad Sultan, Prince Murad Bakhsh 

 and his son I'zid Bakhsh, were confined. In Gwaliar he remained till 13th 

 Rajab, 1078, when Khwajah Phiil was appointed Commandant of the fort. 

 In 1081 and 1085, we find Mu'tamid Khan again commanding Fort Agrah. 

 In 1091, Mu'tamid Khan's property, consisting of 12^ lak'hs of rupees, be- 

 sides jewels and cattle, was sent from Gwaliar to Court, but the Madsir-i- 

 ^Alamgiri says nothing regarding the cause of this confiscation. In 1099, 

 Mu'tamid Khan was appointed Daroghah i Dagh o Ta9hihah, or head of 

 the musters and the recruiting department. He died in 1101 A. H., or 

 A. D. 1689-90. 



The Gwalieir Jami' Mosque was therefore built by him when command- 

 ing the fort. 



1. In the time of Shah 'A'lamgir, who has 



2. A king, before whose generosity the ocean feels ashained,f 



3. M u ' t a m i d K h a n, in whom the true light;]; of faith appears^ found through^ 

 God's kindness grace. 



* Whether this Jami' Mosque is the same as the Jami' Mosque of Gwaliar mention- 

 ed by General Cunningham (Arch. Report, Vol, II, p. 370), I cannot say. But if they 

 are the same, Sir W. Sleeman's historical particulars quoted by General Cunningham are 

 not correct. General Cunningham gives several interesting particulars regarding Mu'ta- 

 mid Khan ; vide loc. clt., pp. 333, 371. 



t In spite of the numerous pearls which the ocean possesses, 



X In allusion to his name Khwajah Nur {I. e. light). 



