96 H. Blochmann — Delmerich' s Inscriptions from Hisdr Firuzah. [April, 



ture, in order to please the Lord who is adored, by the slave who hopes in the mercy of 

 the AU-nourisher, who seeks help from God and takes refuge with the Merciful, N a z a r 

 K u 1 i, son of Shah Kuli Khan, who is known as N i z a m-u ddinKhan, thsTurk- 

 m a n, — may God increase what He has given him and bring him to what he desires, for 

 the honor of the chief* of the pious and the saints ! Dated 4th Sha'ban (may God 

 allow the month to end in victory and security !), 939. [1st March, 1533.] 

 The writer of these letters is 'Abdullah Yusuf Ahmad, son of liukn-uddm. 



VI. 



From tlie Jami' mosque o£ Hisar. The inscription consists o£ nine 

 lines, and measures 1 ft. 11 in. by 1 ft. 5 in. 



*• ~ I ' ..I • „ I 



jLxJ] ^Ijjls-'f J ^ia.c^l J5l.ii.i^^ c>jj^ (*fj';^ Cys.'^'^ ^j| <>^^Uj # aK/o Aas^( 



AJiit A^ui^ «xi:^ii:( v=^j ^^.i^-'i (^./UJij^UJi j^i*Ji ^(5tM J J\^h e5Vl J^^-^t 



aU( .i.Jl:L ^jli ii^^U ^Ji^-^^ «J^3:>« ^jU Jl J ci,(t5.Als:*-^( CD^^I; ^*t; *AJ( ^Ui: 

 (^jc>Jt |*lla.'j jjUj vSaxJI.*./o ^.jUJjUl ^.^U.s'iS'^lp ^^J (^♦Jc^^A/ol AJaxJ\ »]yo\ ks"^^ 



* t5'^^ U^J<^J^ ******* 



tX>| *iAI O^^j * # * # • * »-jIj # jt>J^^^ J»i JaI j*Uj ti^Asf i>.WJ ^^_^:a. 



^ it ^iia] Aijtjfj dAj(^ 



In the name of God, the merciful, the clement ! 



* The mosques belong to God. Do not associate any one with God. "When the 

 servant of God rose up to pray to Him, it nearly happened that they [the jin^is] pressed 

 on him in crowds' [Koran, Ixxii, 18, 19.]. The Prophet says ' He who builds a mosque 

 for God desiring thereby God's honour, will have one like it built for him by God in 

 paradise.' This mosque was finished during the time of the reign of the great king of 

 kings, the exalted prince, the master of the necks of crowds of nations among the In- 

 dians, Turks, Arabs, and Persians, the accomplished Sultan, the perfect, the chief, the 

 ruler, the just prince, the high, the exalted, whom to obey is as necessary as to obey 

 God and the Prophet, according to the Koran verse ' Obey God and obey the Prophet 



* 8mjyid. The word is left out in the inscription ; but the phrase is common, and 

 the conjecture is easy. 



