

6. A Short Note on the Qadam Rasul Building at 
Balasore. 
By Mavivi.Anpus Satam, M.A. (Presidency Magistrate, 
Oalcutta.) 
have seen a copy of a Persian sanad which lends colour, in 
some measure, to the above popular belief. The sanad i 
tion purports to have been granted by Nawab Muhammad ‘agi 
Khan referred to above, and is dated 24th Shawal 1137, Ami 
. year, which corresponds to 1730 A.D. In this sanad Nawab 
Muhammad Taqi Khan notifies to the “ Amils, Chowdharies, 
Qannoongos of Perganah Soonhat, Sarkar Raamna, included in 
1akla Balasore Port, adjoining to the south of the Province of 
Bengal,” that he has granted jagirs of about 30 batis, 12 mans out 
of his purchased lands in Rakha Patna Korea, Khodanda, 
Mauzas Bahal, Bendoo, Balipal, etc., to certain functionaries con- 
nected with the Qadam Rasul building, for due performance of 
their respective duties. 
The Balasore Qadam Rasul building is quadrangular in shape 
and is said to cover 8 mans of land. There are four gateway rooms, 
intended to afford shelter to travellers; two of these still remain, 
whilst two others have crumbled down. The archway at the 
Khan (a past Governor of Orixsé in the days of Nawab Ali 
Vardi Khen) is given in the Sier ul-Mutakberin and also in the 
Riyaz-us Slatin, He was a man of capacity. resource'u’s 
and énergy. He subdued and conquered the old Hindu toch 
of Tipperah, whilst serving at Dacca as Diwan of Murshid Quli 
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