The Institutes of Akbar 2.8.6

2.8.6

In the name of God the merciful, the clement, in whom I trust! This mausoleum was erected for the divine scholar, the sage of the eternal, the gatherer of knowledge, Shaikh Mubarak ullah (may his secret be sanctified !), in filial piety by the ocean of sciences, Shaikh Abul Fazl—may God Almighty preserve him!—in the shadow of the majesty of the just king, whom power, auspiciousness, and generosity follow, Jalaluddunyá waddin Akbar Pádisháh i Gházi,—may God Almighty perpetuate the foundations of his kingdom !—under the superintendence of Abul Barakát, in 1004 [A. D. 1595-96]. Thus it will appear that the Rauzah was built in the year in which Faizi died. Shaikh Mubarak, as was mentioned above, died in 1593 A. D. It seems, however, as if Shaikh Mubarak and Faizi had been buried at a place opposite to Agrah, on the left bank of the Jamuna, where he first settled in 1551; for Abul Fazl says in his description of Agrah in the Ain—“On the other side of the river is the Char Bagh Villa, built by Firdaus Makani [the emperor Babar]. There the author was born, and there are the resting places of his father and his elder brother. Shaikh ’Aláuddin Majzúb and Mir Rafi’uddin Safawi and other worthies are also buried there.” We have no information regarding a removal of the bodies to the other side of the Jamuná, though Abul Fazl’s inscription no doubt shews that such a removal was intended. It is a pity, however, that the Rauzah was sold and destroyed. Abul Fazl’s son is the wellknown