Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh). Pillar inscription of Firuz Shāh (Courtesy: ZENODO)

Pillar inscription of Firoz Shāh
Working translation (01/2026) by Saarthak Singh (EFEO)
DATE

oṃ || sidhi saṃvat 1415 tasmin kale varttamane

In the auspicious year 1415 of this present era

POLITICAL CHAIN

rājadhirajapati śrī suratāṇa Peroja Sahi raje kirttimerudurge Ṣān Sera Ṣa Lalatapura athāne Malika Turaka gumasaṭā

in the reign of the king-of-kings sultan Fīrūz Shāh, the lord of the fortress Kīrtimeru (i.e. Deogarh) Sher Khāṅ [and] Malik Turaka the collector (gumaṣṭā) of Lalitpur station (athāna).

TRANSACTION

je 25 ṭha śrī Dhaṇadeva deta dyoghati joge deta malika tuṃraka deva

ṭhakkura śrī Dhaṇadeva gave 25 jital (<je=jital?) for the purpose of (dyoghati ?) to Malik Turakadeva

[nb. jital was a token currency under the Tughluqs, equal to 4 paisa, 1/48th tanka; Mahdi Husain, Tughluq Dynasty, 518, 648]

WARNING

aite uparaṃta Musalaman Hedu jamati huta ju madya tisi ki joi tini talaka hedu huta

Following this (ete uparānta) whoever belongs to the Muslim or Hindu community (jamāti huta ju madhya), his wife (tisi ki joī) by triple talāq (tini talāka) becomes Hindu (hedu huta).

CURSE

jo meṭai tisu ki maṃgihali gadahu lei

He who effaces/ destroys (jo meṭai<miṭānā), his bride (tisu ki maṃgihali) will be taken by an ass (gadahu lei).

ANNEX

haṭa 2 Lalatapura je 15 haṭa _(ti) raja vaḍe saje _ _ _ prati

Two market-stalls (haṭṭa) at Lalitpur (out of?) 15 market-stalls (haṭṭa) .. large and decorated (baḍe saje)…

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