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A.D.).! For the present, therefore, 878 H. (1473 A.D.) may 
be taken as the last year of Barbak. 
The mosque built, according to the aforesaid inscription of 
880 H. by Yusuf, is identified by Mr. Grote with the Tantipara 
mosque, ‘‘ the finest of all the buildings now remaining in 
Gaur” (A.S.R., xv., p. 62), but by Cunningham with the Cam- 
katti mosque (ibid., p. 60). An inscription found in the jungle 
near Darasbari or lecture-hall records the building of another 
mosque by Yusuf in 884 H. (1479 A.D.); and a third Gaur 
inscription, dated 13th Ramazan 885 H. (17th November, 1480 
.), speaks of a mosque built in his reign by one Khakan 
Marjad Khan.” 
The extant coins of Yusuf go down to 884 H.; while an 
. inscription of his reign in the golden 
Fath Shah, mosque of Pandua (? Gaur) reported b 
886—892 H. P y 
Francklin was dated Monday, 14th 
Maharram 885 H. (27th March, 1480 A.D.).° The earliest coins 
of his uncle and successor Jalalu-d-din Fath Shah begin in 886 H.; 
while an inscription of the same at Bandar, Dacca, was dated 
Ist Zil-Ka’da 886 H. (22nd December, 1482 AD.).4 Yusuf’s 
Barbak Shah IL, this eunuch seized the throne under the 
892 H. ame Shahzadah Barbak Shah. Coins of 
Firoz Shah IL, Fath Shah go down to 892 H.; and an 
2—806 H. inscription of his reign found at Satgaon is 
dated 4th Maharram 892 H. (3lst Decem- 
ber, 1486 A.D.).° After a short rule, the eunuch was murder 
by an Abyssinian officer who became king under the name, 
Saifu-d-din Firoz Shah. His coins also begin from 892 H." 
1 Coins of 881 H., P.A.8.B., 1893, p. 145, 1.M.C., ii, p. 169, No. 149, 
B.M.C., p. 38, No. 93. Inscription of 870 or 876 H., J.A.8.B., 1874, 
p. 298, 1896, p. 199, or 878 H., A.S.R., xv, p. 78; for 880 H., Gaur, 
p , note. 
2 Inscription of 884 H., J.A.SB., 1895, pp. 222-3; of 885 H. Ep. 
Ind., ii, 284, date read by Blochmann 10th Ramazan, J.A.S.B., 1873, 
pp. 277-8, 275. ; 
8 Coin of 884 H., J.A.S B., 1846, p. 329, l.c., 1873, p. 275 ; inserip- - 
tion of 885 H., Gaur, p. 56, note, cf. J.A.S.B., 1894, pp. 88-9. 
4 Coins of 886 H., J.A.S.B., 1873, p. 282, P.A.S.B., 1893, p. 145, 
I.M.C., ii, pp. 169-170, Nos. 153 and 154; inscription of 886 H., 
. 282-3. 
. Ind., ii, p. 287, ef. A.S.R., Xv, P- 65. 
6 Fath Shah’s coin of 892 H., J.A.S.B., 1846; inseription of 892 H., 
J.A.S.B., 1870, pp. 293-4. 
1 For Firoz’s coin of 892 H., I.M.C.. ii, 170, No. 159. 
