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The '''Chanderi Inscription of {{ayin}}Alā{{hamza}} al-Dīn Khaljī''' is an [[epigraphy|epigraphic record]] in four lines, written in [[Naskh (script)|Naskh script]] in the [[Persian language]]. It records the completion of a [[mosque]] during the governorship of ''[[amir al-umara|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).

==Date and importance==
The inscription is dated 711 in the Hijra era, sha‘bān 20. It is accordingly said to be the oldest known Islamic inscription from [[Chanderi]]. The date corresponds to Friday 31 December 1311 C.E.<ref>According to the [http://www.islamicfinder.org/dateConversion.php?mode=hij-ger&day=20&month=8&year=711&date_result=1 Islamic Finder conversion tool] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090830/http://www.islamicfinder.org/dateConversion.php?mode=hij-ger&day=20&month=8&year=711&date_result=1 |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

{{Wide image|Chanderi inscription.jpg|1000px|Chanderi Inscription of ‘Alā' al-Dīn Khaljī, dated Friday 31 December 1311 C.E.}}

==Publication==
The inscription was first mentioned in 1924-25 by M. B. Garde in the annual reports of the Gwalior State archaeological department.<ref>GAR (VS 1981/AD 1924-25): number 10.</ref> Later it was published in ''Indian Historical Quarterly'',<ref>IHQ 1 (1925): 655-56.</ref> and listed in the ''Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy''.<ref>ARE (1962-63) D: number 59.</ref> An edition appeared in the 1968 volume of ''[[Epigraphia Indica]], Persian and Arabic Supplement''.<ref>EIAP (1968): 4-10.</ref> The inscription was later listed in a volume by M. Willis.<ref>Willis, ''Inscriptions of Gopakṣetra'' (London, 1996).</ref>

==Location==
The inscription, lost for a number of years, was located by Muzaffar Ansari who donated it to the Archaeological Museum, Chanderi, where it is registered under the number AMC 97/98. The museum is under the supervision of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].

==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |author=Z. A. Desai |authorlink=Z. A. Desai |chapter=The Chanderi inscription of 'Alau'd-Din Khalji |title=Epigraphia Indica Arabic And Persian Supplement 1969 |year=1973 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.382518/2015.382518.Epigraphia-Indica#page/n10/mode/1up/search/chanderi }}

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