Chanderi Stone of ‘Alā’ al-Dīn Khaljī, recording the completion of a mosque in Chanderi during the governorship of Amīr al-Umarā’, Ikhtiyār al-Dawla wa al-Dīn Tamur Sulṭānī by Ismā‘īl, son of ‘Abd al-Salām, entitled Wajīh-i Najīb, the muḥarrir of the district (khiṭṭa) of Kol (Aligarh) during the reign of ‘Alā’ al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn Abu al-Muẓaffar Muḥammad Shāh (i.e. ‘Alā’ al-Dīn Khaljī, popularly known as Alauddin Khalji, d. 1316 AD).
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| Inscription ID | INAP00001 |
| Title | Chanderi Inscription of ‘Ala' al-Din Khalji |
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| Parent Object | OBAP00001 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | Z. A. Desai |
| Print edition recorded by | Maykıl Beyoğlu |
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| Digitally edited by | Vafa Movahedian |
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| Authority for | EIAP (1968) |
| Metadata recorded by | Maykıl Beyoğlu |
| Authority for metadata | EIAP (1968) |
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| Language | فارسی |
| Reigning monarch | ‘Alā' al-Dīn Khaljī |
| Commissioner | Ismā‘īl, son of ‘Abd al-Salām, entitled Wajīh-i Najīb |
| Topic | Building of a mosque |
| Date: | |
| Min | 1311 |
| Max | 1312 |
| Comment | Dated 711 in the Hijra era, sha‘bān 20; the date corresponds to Friday 1 January 1312, according to https://www.islamicity.org/hijri-gregorian-converter/ |
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| Description | Not recorded |
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| Description | Layout not recorded |
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| References | The reading and translation here based on Z. A. Desai, "The Chanderi Inscription of 'Ala'u-din Khalji," Epigraphia Indica, Arabic and Persian Supplement (1968): 4-10. |
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