76 The Somnath Gates. [No. 134. 



Copy and Translation of an Arabic Inscription upon the Gates of 

 Somnath, which have been brought from the tomb of Mahmud of 

 Ghuzni* 



The same rendered in modern Arabic. 

 uXJU! <wJ! Ut Jlt^-oN *tt\ ^o vljAs r ^yi ^^1 *AM r ^ 



• • • 



*♦**> iaj*^* - * isri ^j-^* |M*»U3I^»1 *UI^-olj *|^«>JI^-oI jJ^-JJ 



• y • x 



Transl&tion. 



In the name of the most merciful God — (may there be) forgiveness 

 from God for the most noble Ameer, the great King (he who was) 

 born to become the Lord of the State and the Lord of Religion, Abil- 

 Kasim M ah mood, the Son of Sabaktagin. May the mercy of God be 

 upon him [remaining phrase illegible]. 



(Signed) J. A. Rawlinson. 



Translation of the Inscription in Cufic Characters on the Sarcopha- 

 gus of the Tomb of Sultan Mahamud at Ghuzni. 



Translation. 



May there be forgiveness from God upon him, who is the great 

 Lord, the noble Nizam- ud-din Abul Kasim Mahmud, the son of 

 Sabaktagin. May God have mercy upon him. 



Mem. — On the reverse of the Sarcophagus, there is an inscription 

 in the Neskh character, recording the date of the decease of Sultan 

 Mahmud, as Thursday, the 7th remaining day (i. e. the 22d or 23d) 

 of the month of Rabie'l Akhir, A. H. 421. 



(Signed) J. A. Rawlinson. 



* See lithograph. 



