1874.] Inscriptions from Agrah. 209 



The 5tli A'zar of the first year of the reign, in A. H. 1014 [A. D. 1605]. Belonging 

 to the library of his august majesty, the shadow of God, Nuruddin Jahangir Pa- 

 dishah, son of Akbar Padishah. Written with his own hand by Khurram, son of Jahangir. 

 The autograph, curious to say, bears the same date as Jahangir's auto- 

 graph, pubhshed m Journal, A. S. Bengal, 1870, PL XIII, and p. 271, and 

 Proceedings for July 1869, p. 190. It is, therefore, clear that both auto- 

 graphs were written by Jahangir and Prince Khurram on the same day 

 when inspecting the Library, and thus prove each other's genuineness. 

 It is a pity that the MS. does not give the name of the Kdtih. 



Mr. Blochmann laid before the meeting translations of the following 

 inscriptions from Agrah, Sikandrah, and Narnaul, in continuation of the 

 inscriptions published by him in the Proceedings of the Society for August 

 last. 



A'grah. 

 The following inscription is taken from the Dihli G-ate of the Agrah 

 Fort. Mr. Keene says that it is found in the ground floor chamber to 

 the right of the Dihli Grate. The prose portion on the top is incomplete, 

 some ofAhe letters being broken, and refers to Akbar' s march to Khandesh 

 and hismreturn to A'grah.* The poetical portion below contains a tarikli 

 by the poet Muhammad Ma'9um Nami, of Bhakkar,t on Jahangir's acces- 

 sion in 1014, A. IT., or A. D. 1605. The text of the inscription I have 

 taken from the " Transactions of the Archaeological Society of Agra," 

 1874, p. xx.J 

 lij^^lj jxS\ j.4.s^ {:yiA^\ J^^ ^^^\ d^ jjUjo^iil^ i$^^/♦■=^ J^^-^J^^l-^ ci^/A^ 



dj-^jS J^^f J^j I ♦ ( • 'Xi.w j^ J ^^-^y ^^y f • •A <5^'W j^ 



* "^Z LsW ^/'^ /'^^^ M)^^ 

 Ij ^j. — A. ^Jjj-J ^(^J ^^*^j3 '-^^ ♦ '-^j^ wu^s^-J ^l^ c:^^5' ^^y^ ^t^^ ^U 

 hj e^^^^y (*-^=^ /*t'^ — ^ 1^'^ *^ '^^^ * -^^-^^ j' ^^^ J- — -i^ 0^ — ^^y, ^^ "^-^^ 

 I — .e^ J l_x5 j^j j!^id ^^ ^\^^ ^y m a^^j cA-i?-^ J^^ -^-^ i^^^-> *^ ^-^(^.a. 



His Majesty, the Emperor, a Jam in dignity, with whom royalty takes refuge, the 

 shadow of God, Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar Padishah, set out in 

 1008 and arrived in 1010 in Agrah. 



* Like the Fathpur Sikri Inscription in the Proceedings for August, p, 175, 



t Ain Translation, pp. 514, 515. 



X Mr. Carlleyle's reading in Vol. IV. of General Cunningham's Archaeological 

 Report (p. 114,) makes no sense. General Cunningham's footnote {loc. cit., p. 115) is 

 undoubtedly correct : Nami had been dead for some time when Shahjahan succeeded to 

 the throne. 



