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have been hastily finished after the premature death of the founder’s 
eldest son. The stone kiosques which surmount the four corners 
would have been pleasant places to sit in and look out upon the garden, 
but there is no possibility of getting up to them, as no staircase has been 
provided. This oversight may have been the result of haste at the end, 
but the original design is curiously faulty in making these small 
cupolas exactly the same height as the large central dome ; an arrange¬ 
ment which produces a very flat, cumbrous effect. There are two in- 
criptions, which read as follows : 
jS | <xljf 
4 : # 
» 
* j 03 ) * 
* <J3^ J*. <X„okk # 
* |* c jl *—# 
jit\ AlJl 
jjJ ( y i hwj t Irk. f(idj 
** ♦» 
AM AaW j 
* ^ [ i LSj*?* I Iff 
Translation. 
I. The paragon of mankind, the soul of sonls, Abd-ns-Samad Khan, having van¬ 
quished all the men of his time in the field of gallantry, 
His sonl, like a bird, resolved to sever its connection with this miserable world, 
and flew away and made heaven its rest. 
The date of his departure can be calculated for his friends from the words 
gham alain (grief and sorrow) which the pen of fate inscribed on the tablet of 
eternity. 
The letters in gham alam give the date 1111 (Hijri) thus : gh = 1000; 
m 40; a, 1 ; l 30 ; and m agai n 40 : total 1111. 
II. God is great. The asylum of forgiveness, Abu Muhammad, son of Abd-us- 
Samad Khan, Roshanani, on the 19 Sliaban, in the year 1116 Hijri, corresponding 
to the 48th year of the reign of the late Emperor Aurangzeb, at the age of 23, de¬ 
parted this life and migrated to heaven. The tomb was finished in the year 1121 
Hijri. 
The grounds contained a large masonry tank and ornamental pavi¬ 
lions, but these with the house itself were all dismantled only four or 
five years ago by some credulous persons, who hoped to discover a hid¬ 
den treasure. Nothing of the kind was found, and the price of the 
