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mosque, and a monastery of two rooms. These buildings are in the Chishtpfira on the east of the town. At the suggestion of his spiritual preceptor Khwaja Qutb-ud-din, he built the Lai Fir's tomb in its present form. In A. D. 1795 it was repaired by Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan Wdla Jah, Subahdar of Arcot. There is no other building of the 13th century in Gopamau except this tomb. A mosque, idg£h and well were built in the reign of Akbar under the auspices of Khwaja HabibuUa. -
The
well contains the following inscription
In the reign of the just monarch the sovereign who spreads peace throughout the inhabited world Jalal-ud-din Ghazi Muhammad Akbar, that just king who sits on the throne of success, the king of kings, the pride of the religion of Muhammad, ordered a well to be built the like of which should only be found in the tank Kausar, Khwaja HabibuUa was the builder of it, that Khwaja who has no second in the world. I asked of wisdom for the date and year of its building and was told by her: "
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Full of the water of
The Subahdar
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979
H= A.D.
1571.
of Arcot, already mentioned repaired this
mosque and
idgah in 1795. Sayyadptira is the quarter of the Sayyads who trace their settlement to the arrival of Sayyad Muin-ud-din from Kanauj in 1208 A.D. in the reign of Qutb-ud-din. His descendants Sayyad Abdul Qd,dir and Abdul Jalal were appointed qanungos of the pargana by Humaytin. In this muhalla there is an ancient mosque built by Sayyad Kamal with a well attached to it, called Gondni-ka-Kuan. tip to a height of nearly seven feet from the ground this mosque is built of large slabs of kankar. One of these I found to measure 46 inches by 10, another 42 inches by 11. I believe them to have been taken from the despoiled temple of Gopi N^th Similar blocks are to be seen in the or some other ancient Hindu fane. doorway and steps of the Lai Pir's mausoleum and in the baradari. Qazaraptira, the qazis' quarters, was founded during the reign of Humaydn. Shekhs Mubarak and AbduUa, nephews of Nizam-ud-din Bandagi Mian, of Amethi in the Luckaow district, whither the family had migrated from Agra, moved from Amethi to Gopamau, on being appointed qdzis of the pargana. This family seems to have had much court interest for its three branches acquired and held the three distinct posts of qazi, chaudhri, and molvi of the pargana. The qazi-ship was retained by them up to annexation. In this branch the most distinguished persons have been qazi. Muhammad Husen, in the time of Akbar and Q^zi Miihammad Mubarak celebrated as the commentator on the Sharah-Salam or doctrine of probabilities of Molvi Hamidulla of Sandila, in the reign of Muhammad Shah. His fame as a scholar is said to have spread from India to Persia. The registrarship is held by a member of the family. Among the chaudhris Ibrar Khan and Israr Khan and Abbas Ali Khan were renowned for valour, and obtained high posts in the Carnatic under the Subahdar of Arcot, Wala Jah. Of the Molvi branch, the most distinguished scholars have
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