A Persian Inscription from the Swat Valley

A Fresh Discovery

Abstract

An important Persian inscription, engraved on a stone slab and fixed on the grave of Akhund Daulat Muhammad, lies in the old graveyard of Isalampur village about 7km to the south of Saidu Sharif ( district Swat). The first two lines of the inscription contains a famous Persian couplet while the other two show name of the deceased person and the date of his demise.