1864.] Some Persian Inscriptions found in Srinagar. 288 



In a corner of this same graveyard there is a large slab with an 

 inscription which is remarkable as being connected with the first re- 

 corded visit of an Indian Officer to the valley of Kashmir. 



Inscription. 



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 jb t&jSjx+L? Jj <\ro aa^ ^L*^ aUjI j*jl^ jjj £^ j!** j'j^AV* \ 



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^3b f^j/o oib ciolf"* (J* , ^'l <^ f ^**a.)l ^Uj «i A V &i** ^Jl^bi? jf 

 dS*» *-jjb jijsM j**>\j£> is^y | IT A <*a*. bfcji^f t&jy*> e)'ta^ <xJJfe>>s 



a<x& c,ui'i <*^Uj£ U^'«5J^j i rrA &i*> ^^it^^U^ ^ A J>jb i rrA 

 Translation, 

 Mirza Haidar Gairgan, the son of Mirza Mohamed Husain G-urgan 

 and grandson of Ytina Khan (who was born in the house of Baber 

 the king), and brother-in-law to Abu Sa'id Khan, king of Yarkand 

 and Moghulistan, the son of Sultan Ahmad Khan, the son of the 

 above-mentioned Yunas Khan, of the progeny of Toghluq Taimur 

 Khan, of the race of Chaghatai, the son of Changiz Khan. The 

 Mirza was born in the time of Mahmud, in the year 905, in the city* 

 of Oratapa. After various vicissitudes he, at the command of Ab& 

 Sa'id Khan, made an incursion from Yarkand. After subduing Tibet 

 he conquered Kashmir with 4000 horse, in the same year, on the 4th 

 Sha'ban 935. He then gave it back to Mohamed Shah, who was the 

 king of Kashmir, and went to Abu Sa'id Khan, who had remained in 

 Tibet. The Khan ordered him to Lasa. He himself having set out 

 for Yarkand, died on the road. As there appeared to be general dis- 



