92 C. E. Yate— Notes on the City of Hirat. [No. 2, 
tombs. Otherwise the date would be A. H. 475 (A. D. 1083), apparent¬ 
ly considerably anterior to any of the others. 
A marble tomb to Ustad Muhammad Khaja is dated in Arabic 
A. H. 842 or A. D. 1439. Another to Khaja Sultan Muhammad, dated 
in Arabic A. H. 761 or A. D. 1360, was the oldest tomb noted. 
Another tomb of some Shah Rukh Khan, made of marble and 
engraved in Khat-i-Nasta’liq, has the following couplet:— 
* t ^ * ( io > 
«• 
* cW W ^ * 
which gives the date by the Abjad as A. H. 1168 or A. D. 1755. 
Another to Muhammad Rahim Elian, bears the following inscrip¬ 
tion :— 
(ii) 
giving a date of A. H. 1201 (A. D. 1787). 
A black marble tomb finely engraved in the Kliat-i-Suls to the 
daughter of some king, name illegible, bears the date A. H. 1109 or 
A. D. 1698 in the following line :— 
&yj ( 12 ) 
A marble tomb to Muhammad Quli Sultan has the following en¬ 
graved in the Khat-i-Nast’aliq :— 
d ^ J JU (13) 
giving the date of A. H. 1015 or A. D. 1607. 
A tomb of some one “ Az aulad-i-Salatin,” but name illegible, has 
the date A. 11. 893 A. D. 1488, engraved in Arabic :— 
£ - * * * * + * 
J } li'X) ( 14 ) 
There is a handsoino black marble tomb finely oner raved in the 
Khat.-i-Suls eliaractor to Sultan Muhammad Bavnsunghur 1 Im-i-Shah 
Rukli Ibn-i-Timur, but it has had the dale carefully erased. 
Another tomb of some ruler has the name illegible, but the 
couplet: — 
/ •• r #/ 
fV • ( 15 ) 
