1843.] The Somnath Gates. 77 



Copy in the Suls Character of the Cufic Inscription on the Minaret 

 (Munarah,) nearest the village of Rozah. 



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Translation. 



In the name of God the most merciful. 



The high and mighty Sultan, the Melic of Islam, the right 

 arm of State, Trustee of the Faith, the victory-crowned, the patron 

 of Moslems, the aid of the destitute, the munificence endowed, Mah- 

 mood, (may God glorify his Testimony,) son of Subaktageen, the 

 Champion of Champions, the Emir of Moslems, ordered the construc- 

 tion of this lofty of loftiest of Monuments : and of a certainty it has 

 been happily and prosperously completed. 



Copy in the Suls Character of the Cufic Inscription on the Minaret, 

 ( Munarah, ) nearest the town of Ghuznee. 



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