1864.] Some Persian Inscriptions found in Srinagar, 



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The fund for its construction was purity of intention and sincerity of 



aim 3 with earnest hearts. 

 Of worldly and religious glory this is enough that every Musulman 



may wash his face in it. 

 From this fountain he (the builder) looks for that in which the record 



of transgression finds cleansing. 

 People's sin is washed away by this water whose source is the sea 



of knowledge. 

 Let the amount of the rent of the shops be for the repairs of the 



tank flowing with blessing. 

 Oh God, with thine own hand give graciously to its builder the 



ennobling faith. 

 For this, the teacher's verse, has its own task ; he takes refuge with 



weeping eye (and says) : 

 As thou at the beginning hast given me the name of Mahmiid, oh 



God, make it Mahmud in the goal ! 

 Into the sea of thought the Intelligent Man (i, e. the composer of 



the inscription) went for the date of this auspicious building. 

 Khizt said, Let my favour flow on ; write this date, oh poet : 

 Oh God, pardon its builder and his father, — Oh Pardoner! — 1056. 



At the entrance of the Great Mosque itself, there is the following 

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