Perso-Arabic Inscription The Perso-Arabic inscription belongs to the mausoleum of Muḥammad Ghaus Gwaliori, a sixteenth-century Shattari Sufi saint. It is located on a plaster surface near the south-west corner tower in the outer verandah, facing east, and partly obscured by a jali (lattice) screen. Dated 1599-1600 CE during Emperor Akbar’s reign, the inscription reflects the connection between Sufi saints and Mughal patronage. The text, written in Nastaliq script, has six lines. The first two lines in Arabic prose, starting with “Man akthara dhikr al-maut Razi min al-dunya bilyasir”, stress the virtue of constant remembrance of death, leading to detachment from worldly desires. The Persian couplet encourages visitors to remember the deceased and recite the Fatiḥa for their peace, typical of funerary and pilgrimage inscriptions. Unlike royal inscriptions, it does not mention any emperor or patron but highlights the calligrapher’s identity. The inscription was composed by Muḥammad Masum al-Bakri, originally from Tirmiz, son of Sayyid Sharaf of Tirmiz, and related maternally to Sayyid Sher of Sabzwar. Source: Archaeological Survey of India