286 Arabic and Persian Inscriptions in the Hugh District. [No. 4, 



And I [Zafar Kban] hope to obtain the pious wishes of such as are learned 

 in the law, that God may strengthen my faith* at the time I am in the grave. 



May God reward me ; for He is truly merciful, and liberal, and kind; and 

 [I hope that] He will honor me.f 



Then follows on the top— 



(j»yJ«y»Jl ilsr J [} t_».Aa.iJ # # # * # 



(?) wj^^ i tr^y c) lj *rl^ v^ ^♦^: /0 j-i^j # # # # 



(_^;tj <J^ c j'° cr*-=V"' 1 A ^ LS^r- - ' *^"* *" W-^'es* * * * # 

 The seventh and eighth hemistichs are illegible. 



jjn. * # *J\ i^yo AlJl^j^ jl$Js|j # * * * 



# * # # ( - 3*-« u^^f e^ /0 V* < *^*^ Jt -' 



The 15th and 16th hemistichs are quite illegible. 



U** * * ' ./{j* cj 1 ^^ <-Cr*i * * * * 



LfjIj&M **J J"i^ ' * li J ^i- 5 J * * * * 



* * Zafar Khan, the Turk, the lion of lions, * * * * and the most excel- 

 lent one of builders of benevolent edifices, after the heroes, and by smiting the 

 Infidels with sword and spear, and lavishing treasures on every * * 



The remaining lines to the 24th hemistich are illegible. Then 

 follow" the lines on the left post — 



# ^liUW} <lUil fib I *1U3 IUa. h^JiJ) A-Jc +i&xi ) 



And by honouring all the learned of the faith, in order to elevate the stand- 

 ard of God (?). 



The date is expressed by the Wafq letters ,jo, —, and ~ y according to the 



reckoning of him who counts. 



Unsatisfactory as the deciphering is, the date of the found- 

 ation of the mosque and the name of the founder have escaped the 

 ravages of time. Zafar Khan is called a Turk, and the found- 



* In allusion to the imtihdn ul qabr, or the examination in the grave. Short- 

 ly after the burial, the corpse is visited, according to the belief of the Muslims, 

 by two angels who examine the dead man as to his creed. 



I have substituted for the sake of clearness the first person. The text has 

 the third. 



f The reading is very likely ^iiUJi *ilc)J, ' that He will raise his [Zafar' s] 



turban,' i. e., that he will honor him. The preposition (J like the ^J in ooajjJ 

 seems to depend from j.^a*. 



