1844.] Geographical Notice of the Valley of Jullalabad. 875 



shewing that the fort was built by Itimam KhaD, in Shah Jehan's 

 reign, a. d. 1638. 



# l + fel *** 



In the year a. d. 1735, Nadir Shah sent Sooleeman Yeesawul, 

 (stick-bearer,) from Cabul, at the head of a mission to Mahomed Shah 

 of Delhi. On the fifth day Sooleeman and his party reached Jullala- 

 bad. Abaidoolah, the son of Meer Abas of Kooner, whose power ex- 

 tended over the whole of Nungnihar, desired Sooleeman to be slain, 

 and he was killed with much cruelty. Nadir Shah on hearing of the 

 treatment that Sooleeman had met with, immediately left Cabul with 

 his army and marched to Gundummuk, via Chareekur, Nepal and 

 Tugon, thence he sent on to Jullalabad, sirdars Jillayer and Vyaz with 

 the vanguard. Abaidoolah evacuated Jullalabad and fled to Kooner ; 

 he was pursued by the sirdars, he fled to Swat, many of his followers 

 were slain, and his sister and women made prisoners and brought to 

 Nadir Shah. 



The monarch with his main army went from Gundummuk (where 



* The translation of the inscription is as follows : — 



Under the orders of Shah Jahan, Ihtamam Khan laid, this (stone) 



On the face of the field of antiquity as the foundation of prosperity and wealth. 



As long as the signs of the Firmament shall remain e-xtant 



Let not the fairness of this Fort be doomed to suffer from the pressure of destruction. 



I was searching within my mind the Era of this foundation. 



A divine voice struck my ear, saying, the foundation of good Omen. 



The numerical value of the letters composing the words, ( the foundation of good 

 w n *) t][i p* f $ u5^ J added up make the date of the building A. H. 1054, cor- 

 responding with A. D. 1633.— Eds. 



