260 Notes on several Arabic and Persian Inscriptions , [No. 8, 
The Khan of strong hand, and of exalted dignity, the lion is powerless to 
overcome his strong hand. 
Mughul Rumi composed the chronogram, ’Ndqiah i malmash i Hindustan , 
the moon-like forelock of Hindustan, A. H. 1083 [or, 1672, A. D.]. 
The inscription seems incomplete. The year 1083 commenced 
unlucky for Aurangzib ; for on the 12th Muharram, 1083, or 28th 
April, 1672, the news reached him of the total defeat of his troops 
under Muhammad Amin Khan in the Khaibar Pass, a defeat which 
the author of the Maasir i ’Alamgiri (p. 117) compares with that 
of Akbar’s troops under Zain Khan and Kajah Bir Bar. 
The metre of the inscription is mufta? ilun y mufta’ilun^fdilan . 
Majherah. 
Mr. A. Cadell, C. sent two interesting inscriptions of the tombs 
of two Sayyids of the Barha clan,* which still exist in Majherah, 
Muzaffarnagar, N. W. P. The first inscription mentions 967 as 
the year in which Sayyid Chhajhu (Ain, p. 477) died ; but the in¬ 
scription is too incomplete and unmetrical for publication. The 
second is taken from the tomb of Sayyid Mahmud of Barha (Ain, 
p, 389), and is in Arabic— 
♦♦ ♦* 
A5 J| ^ 
J Waia^ s,=v AXud) JjJ] A.U) 
j ^ g ioj £j,.uO 
In tlie name of God, tlie merciful, the clement. O God, bless the prophet, 
the faithful, the pure, of the family of Hashim, Muhammad, and his family, and 
his friends who were instructed in his manners. God is everlasting and 
praiseworthy in all His doings. 
'The great Amir, who is pardoned and rendered pure, and has reached the 
vicinity of the mercy of God, the favor-bestowing king, Sayyid Mahmud Khan, a 
lord of the drum and the flag in his time, died—may God cover him with His 
pardon—in the night of Thursday, 6th Jumada II., 982, [or, 23rd September, 
1574, AD.] 
* Ain translation, p. 390. 
