286 Arabic and Persian Inscriptions in the Hugli District. [No. 4, 



And I [Zafar Khan] hope to obtain the pious wishes of such as are learned 

 in the law, that God may strengthen my faith* at the time I am in the grave. 



May God r eward me ; for He is truly merciful, and liberal, and kind ; and 

 [I hope that] He will honor me.f 



Then follows on the top — 



lj»\\&+]\ ilsr'lj (^/xaiJ # * # # * 



u«;b &&" er^^y 1 A - l$^j^ ****> w:.^ 1 ^ * * * * 



The seventh, and eighth liemistichs are illegible. 



jj*. * # xh ^yc AlJi^j^lgJilj # # 9 # 



* * * # ^a** liri^l c^ *-** ^^*^ 



The 15th and 16th henristichs are quite illegible. 



(J» * *h J*.j& i^Uk^ftJs «-G"S * * * * 



^jiyJl <**j jj^l *l*J **» ) * * * * 



* * Zafar Khan, the Tur k, the lion of lions, # * * * and the most excel- 

 lent one of builders of benevolent edifices, after the heroes, and by smiting the 

 Infidels with sword and spear, and lavishing treasures on every * * 



The remaining lines to the 24th hemistich are illegible. Then 

 follow the lines on the left post — 



* ,^UsJ| *hJ\ ftc\ *JUS &Ua> hoyZA) AJc **la*J ) 



And by honouring all the learned of the faith, in order to elevate the stand- 

 ard of God (?). 



The date is expressed by the Wafq letters ,jo } «., and ~ 5 according to the 

 reckoning of him who counts. 



Unsatisfactory as the deciphering is, the date of the found- 

 ation of the mosque and the name of the founder have escaped the 

 ravages of time. Zafar Khan is called a Turk, and the found- 



* In allusion to the imtihdn id qabr, or the examination in the grave. Short- 

 ly after the burial, the corpse is visited, according to the belief of the Muslims, 

 by two angels who examine the dead man as to his creed. 



I have substituted for the sake of clearness the first person. The text has 

 the third. 



f The reading is very likely ^J-RiUi *1U^, ' that He will raise his [Zafar's] 

 turban,' i. e., that he will honor him. The preposition J ? like the ^J in oo>JjJ y 

 seems to depend from j.a> jj # 





