122 H. Bloclimann — Delmerick's Hdnsi Inscriptions. [Mat, 



This is the oldest Muhammadan inscription this side of Dihli, that I 

 have seen. 



II, 



From the Bii 'Ali Bakhsh Wall Mosque in the Mughalparah Quarter 

 of Hansi. Two lines, 2 ft. 6 in. by 7 in. The characters are rude. 



This mosque was built by the weak slave Ahmad, son of Muhammad, of 

 Asmand, in the middle of Eabi' II, 623. [Middle of April, 1226.] 

 Asmand is a small place near Sama rqand. 



III. 



Inscription from the Barsi (^5^) Gate in Hansi, to the left of the 

 entrance. Barsi is the name of a place S. of Hansi. Three lines ; 9 ft. 

 3 in. by 1 ft. 4 in. The same heavy characters as found on other inscrip- 

 tions of 'Ala-uddin's reign. Vide Insr. VI. 



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1. In the time of the reign of the king of the face of the earth, the lord of prin- 

 ces, 'Ala-uddunya-waddin, 



2. Abul Muzaffar, the king of the world, Muhammad Sha h — may his king- 

 dom be everlasting on the face of the earth ! — , 



3. The unrivalled, the master of the world, the second Alexander, the fame of 

 whose great deeds has reached the highest heaven, 



4. This gate which has no equal was erected and is from its height an honor to 

 Saturn [the keeper of the seventh heaven], 



6, On the road to Dihli, the king's residence, which is the capital of the king- 

 dom, ******** this strong fort [of Hansi] 



6^ ********** in the year 703 the edifice was erected. [A. D. 1303-4.] 

 No doubt, 'Ala-uddin fortified Hansi as an outpost against the Mu- 

 ghuls. 



IV. 



From the Dini Mosque in the town of Hansi, near the Saraogyan 

 Mandir. Three lines, 2 ft. 9 in. by 1 ft. 4 in. 



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