At the time when my venerated father was on the outlook for a eon a dervish of the name of Shaikh Salim a man of ecstatic condition who had traversed many of the stages of life had his abode on a hill near Sikri one of the villages of Agra and the people of that neighbourhood had complete trust in him. [...] 3 that inasmuch as the business of kings is the controlling of the world I should give myself the name of hhingir (World-seiner) and make my title of honour (laqab) Ntru-din inasmuch as my sitting on the throne coincided with the rising and shining on the earth of the great light (the Sun). [...] Before the rule of the Lodi Afghans Agra was a great and populous place and had a castle described by Masud b. Sa`d b. Salmin in the ode (qacida) which he wrote in praise of Mahmild son of Sultan Ibrahim son of Masud son of Sultan Mahmiid of sahazni on the capture of the ceatle-- The fort of Agra appeared in the midst of the dust Like a mountain and its battlement* like peaks."' When Sika [...] With regard to the silver coins (eikkae) I gave to the coin of 100 tola the name of kaukpb-i-pli‘ (star of horoscope) ; to that of 50 tola the name of kaukab-i-iqbill (star of fortune); to that of 20 tola the name of loaukab-i-mwra (star of desire) ; to that of 10 tola the name of Icaulcab-i-bakAt (star of good luck) ; to that of 5 tola the name of kaukab-saV (star of auspiciousness) ; to [...] On the reverse was this couplet in which the date of coinage was signified :— " Through this coin is the world brightened as by the sun And the date thereof is ' Sun of Dominion' (Iftab-i-Mamlakat)." 3 Between the lines of the verse the mint the Hijra year and the regnal year were impressed.
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