1874.] Inscriptions from the neighbourhood of A' grah. 219 



Kachpu'rwa', near Agrah. 



In the village of Kachpurwa ( bj^J H^ ), about a mile from the Raii- 

 zah of I'timad uddaulah, towards the east, on the left bank of the Jamuna, a 

 dilapidated Masjid stands, which was built " by order of the emperor Huma- 

 yun" at the expense of the historian Shaikh Zainuddin of Khawaf,* padr of 

 the empire and one of Babar's literary friends. Thq.inscription is of interest 

 as it belongs to the first year of Humayun's reign, as he ascended the throne 

 on the 6th Jumada I., 937. 



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A*.* «i. ^s:^ ^i^ <X/^£ liJ*» ^ ^ ^ O^JJ j^.jj -*U3( k:i^^. 



1. The king of the domain of faith (is) Muhammad Humayiin, the basis of 

 whose worth is the vortex 6f the revolving heaven. 



2. At his high command and exalted decree, this auspicious floor and roof were 

 made. 



3. As date of the comj)letion of this house... [one word illegible], ' The king of the 

 domain of faith, Muhammad H u m a y u n.' A. H. 937 (A. D. 1531.) 



The writer and composer is Sahab-ulhadi. 



A second inscription is on the left hand wall {RiibdH metre)' — 



1. This religious edifice is pure like the heart of a Sufi. To deny its purity were 

 injustice. 



2. As it was completed at the expense of Z a i n o f K h a f, its date lies in the 

 words ' at the expense of Zain the Khafi.' 



Pardoned may be he who remembers (two words illegible). The composer and 

 writer is Sahab. 



A description of this mosque and a plan will be found in the Arch. 

 Report, IV, p. 100 and PI. xii.f 



Zainuddin of Khaf, or Khawaf, is mentioned in the following 

 extract from Akbarnamah (Lucknow edition, I, p. 147) — 



* The meaning of the word ^-it^ clearly shews this. Regarding the town of Kha- 

 waf, or Khaf, vide Kin Translation, I, 445. 



t Mr. Carlleyle's reading of the inscription makes no sense. I have, therefore, given 

 Mr. Beale's reading, Mr. Carlleyle has not recognized in ^^\ the name of the builder, and 

 instead of reading Zain [uddin], he reads zin, 'by this' and translates 'Khawaf by 

 * veiling.' 



