Useful words/Phrases

abū’l

father

abū’l muẕaffar

Father of victory

Aḥmadābād

 

‘ala’

glory

al-a’ẕam

The supreme

allāh

Allah

amīr

leader

arḍ

earth

bādhil

generous

bahādur

 

banbīr

 

bāz

 

chanderī

 

dār al-ḍarb

 

dār al-mulk

 

Dehlī

 

dīn

faith

dunyā

world

faḍl

Merit (eg father of merit)

falūs

 

fatḥ

conquest

On?

ghiyāth

 

Gujarāt

 

ḥaḍrat

 

ḥalīm

mild

Ḥisām

A name

humāyūn

 

hūshang

A name

ibrāhīm

 

karīm

munificent

khaljī

protector

Khallada mulkahu

Perpetuator of his kingdom

khilāfa

Caliph

khulidat khilāfatahu

May his kingdom endure for ever

al-kibriyālillāh

The glory is Allah’s

lam yazalī

eternal

lodī

 

maḥmūd

 

Mālwa

 

māndū

 

muḥammad

 

mujāhid

Soldier of the holy war

mu’minīn

faithful

muẕaffar

 

nāṣir

helper

quṭb

star

rānā

 

ratī

 

sāngā

 

sangrām

 

shādīābād

 

shāh

A title

sikandar al-thanī

The second Alexandar

sulṭān

A title

tāj

 

al-wāthiq bi’l-malik al-multajī

He who trusts in the Lord, he who seeks refuge [in God]

al-wāthiq bi’l malik al-ṣamad

He who trusts in the Lord who fulfils all his needs

yamīn

Right-hand

vikramāditya

 

ẕill

shadow