IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL

    On the 29th of month Taqi of the solar year Shadab 1221.
One thousand two hundred and twenty one. Dating from Mowlood of Muhammed (may his soul rest in peace) on monday at dawn before sunrise under the auspices of the planet Venus, in the constellation Tarus, Hazrath Tippoo Sultan the shadow of God, the Lord, the bestower of gifts laid the foundation of the Mohyi Dam across the river Cauvery to the west of the capital. By the grace of God and the assistance of the Holy Prophet the Caliph of the worlds, and the Emperor of the Universe. The start is from me but its completion rests with God.
    On the day of commencement the planets, Moon, Sun, Venus, Neptune, were in the sign Aries in a lucky conjunction.
    By the help of God, the most high, may the above mentioned Dam remain till the day of resurrection like the fixed Stars. The money amounting to several lakhs which the God-given government have spent is solely in the service of God. Apart from the old cultivations, any one desirous of newly cultivating the arable land, should in the name of God be exempted from various kinds of production whether of corn or fruits, of the one fourth part levied generally from other subjects. He will only have to pay 3/4 of it to the benign government. He who newly cultivates the arable land, himself, his posterity and other relatives will be the masters of the above as long as earth & heaven endure. If any persons were to cause any obstruction or be a preventer of this perpetual benevolence, such an inhuman being is to be regarded as the enemy of man-kind, as the accursed satan, and sperma hommis of those cultivators nay of the entire creation.