1874;.] Inscriptions from the neiglihourliood of A'grah. 221 



the correctness of Prof. Dowson's identifieation and supplies the biographi- 

 cal particulars which were wanting in Elliot's MS. 



Neither Mr. Beale nor Mr. Carlleyle mentions Zain's Madrasah. 



In front of Shaikh Zain's mosque, Mr. Beale saw several tombs. 

 He copied the following inscriptions. 



.... ^*^\ U"'^''' tj-*'* *^1^"^ .... ^-^^f;-^ C-^^J^ wUs'Jj'^U o^i J aJ^-' *^^ t 



* S A 1 *>"«» (^t-^/oj 



The first two lines require revision, and I have not translated them. 

 The last line is — 



To decree belongs to God. The distinguished and pardoned Khwajali ['Ali, son ofj 

 Khwajah Mu'inuddin Ahmad died on the...Ramazan, 968 [July, 1560]. 



This must have been a younger son of the Khwajah Mu'inuddin 

 Ahmad, one of Akbar's grandees, whose biography is given in my A'in Trans- 

 lation, I, 434. Mu'in was governor of Agrah in 1560. 



On another tomb, Mr. Beale saw the following (metre, short hazaj) — 



Jl<'^'i\j^ ^^■' ij^Vjf * p^J^^J e;T »>>■? ^i-^ — A ^\iiyi,j 



o^l — Y*» '^i}-H * j5i.A5U jf^xJ j\ jU ^Vs^t 



1. This person of good fame was a present from God ; and for this reason every .. 

 called him ' Tuhfah' [* a present']. 



2. As the mention of his name, which brings consolation to my weak spirit was on 

 my lips, 



3. I obtained from twice repeating his name the date of his death. 



Hence we have to double the word tuhfah, i. e. 2 Y, 493 = 986 A. H, 

 or A. D. 1578. 



Sarji'pu'r, near Agrah. 



Mr. Beale says — ' There was a Sarai in the village of Sarjipiir 

 (j^v LS=ty^ ) in Madia Katrah ( ?r^ k^^ ) about 21- miles from the fort of 

 Agrah. A few years ago it was demolished, and the material was carried 

 away to build the present District Jail of Agrah. The gate of the jail was 

 built with the material taken from the gate of the Sarai. The inscription on 

 the top of the gate still remains as before.' 



