1877.] H. Blochmann's — Heid^s Inscriptions from A'zamgarh. 99 



XI. 



From a mosque in the yard of ' Sher' Buhliil's mausoleum, outside 

 Hisar, one mile to the south. The rubbing is 2 ft. 5 in. square, and the 

 characters are in well-formed Nasta'lik (metre, long ramal). 



1. The follower of the law of the Prophet, the chosen one, 'Abd-unnabi, 

 whose sight gives brightness to the mirror of the heart, 



2. Erected before the courtyard of Shah Buhlul's mausoleum a grand 

 mosque, which is to be the dwelling of worshippers. 



3. A voice from heaven announced without difficulty the final hemistich, ' This 

 building was completed in 1106. [A. D. 1694-95.] 



XII. 



From the Dargah outside the Talaki gate. 1 ft. 2 in. by 6i iyl 

 (metre, Khafrf.) 



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1. The kiag of the palace of poverty, Isma'fl, received from God an order on 

 paradise. 



2. I was searching for a chronogram, when a voice from my heart suddenly said, 

 ' He went to paradise.' [A. H. 1236 ; A. D. 1820-21.] 



The name of the engraver is Pir Bakhsh, an inhabitant of Bikanir. By order of 

 Maulawi Imam Bakhsh Sahib, whose nom-de.plume is Sahbai, of Dihli. 



Regarding Imam Bakhsh Sahbai, vide Garcin de Tassy, Histoire de 

 la Litterature Hindoue et Hindoustanie, Vol. Ill, pp. 22 to 26. 



For other inscriptions belonging to the neighbourhood of Hisar, vide my 

 readings and translations of Mr. Delmerick's Abuhar and Sirsa Inscriptions, 

 in Proceedings, As. Socy. Bengal, for March, 1874, p. 72 (where on 1. 22 

 ' uncle' must be corrected to ' father'). 



District A'zamgarli. 

 I. 



From a Mosque in the village of Ganjahra, ParganaJi Muhammaddhdd, 

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