[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Persian and Urdu literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab) › [Qaṣāʾid-i Badr-i Chāch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach) › [Kasaid of Badr Chach (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot) › 6 # The Odes of Badr-i Chāch 6: In Commemoration of the Building of Khurramábád. Kasáid of Badr Chách (extracts) 6 - **Language:** English ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.6) The inscriptions over its gateway record, in verse, the praise of the Khalifa repeatedly; may his throne be established to eternity, as well as that of the King of the World, who has declared that it is his pleasure to serve the Imam of God. The Shah has given it the name of Khurramabad, and Zahiru-l Jaiush was its architect, the slave of the lord of the universe, the prelate of religion, the most select among the pious. This fortunate building was completed in Muharram, in the year 744 H. (June, 1343 A.D.). Badr has strung the pearl of this ode in one night, and made it worthy of ornamenting the ears of the nobles of the land. - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.5) - [Next: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.6) · Pramāṇa