Ulugh (brave), Áazam (great), Humáyún (august), the Khán of the seven climes and the nine countries.
By the hands of his enterprise this so great mosque was founded,
That some call it the House of Peace, others style it the Kaábah.
This good building was completed on the last of the month of Shawwál (a.h. 835, a.d. 1431).
May the merit of this good act be inserted in the scroll of the Khán’s actions!
In this centre may the praises of the sermon read (in the name) of Mehmúd Sháh
Be everlasting, so long as mountains stand on the earth and stars in the firmament.
[5] The following Persian inscription carved on the entrance arch shows that though it may have been repaired by Báz Bahádur, the building of the palace was fifty years earlier (H. 914, a.d. 1508):
“In the time of the Sultán of Nations, the most just and great, and the most knowing and munificent Khákán Násir Sháh Khilji (a.d. 1500–1512). Written by Yúsuf, the year (H. 914) (a.d. 1508).” [↑]