Shāhjahānābād
"All praise and worship be to God, the Lord of the world, who made this emperor the king of kings, who is the son of kings, and of Timur's royal line; he is the protector of the world, who holds his court in heavenly places, with a starry host; the upholder of religion, the father of victory, the great furtherer of the faith, the lord and conqueror of the world of his age, the shadow of God. On the face of the Musamman Burj he raised a new seat, such that the sun and moon, beholding it, are ashamed. The poet laureate was ordered to find a chronogram, so that it might remain in black and white, and the Sāyyad devised the following: May this remain the seat of Akbar Shāh, of ancient lineage, A.H. 1223."
The last sentence, reckoning the value of the Arabic letters according to what is called the "Abjad," gives the year after the Hegira, or flight from Mecca, of Mahomed in A.D. 622; the date corresponds to A.D. 1810, the Mahomedan year being lunar. The whole is a very flowery description of Akbar Shāh II., a monarch, who was dependent for his safety and income on the Honourable East India Company.
On the inner wall of the room which is immediately behind the balcony is a fine inscription, which runs—
O thou, whose eyes are closed, and feet set fast in mire, awake!
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