1875.] H. Blochmann — History and Geography of Bengal. — No. III. 291 

 ^kUJ) & U£J;U Jj&ls- J | yj) ^jJJ j UijJI ^ JlkLJ] ^1 jtf»LJ| 



The Prophet (upon -whom be blessings !) said, ' He who builds the mosque in the 

 world, will have seventy castles built by God in paradise.'" This mosque was built in 

 the time of the just prince, the king who is the son of a king, Rukn uddunya 

 waddin Abul Mujahid Barbak Shah, the king, son ofMahmiid Shah 

 the king. The builder is the great Khan Ulugh Iqrar Khan, (one word 

 unintelligible*) the great Khan A s h r a f K h a n. 865 [A. D. 1460-61.] 



The builder of the mosque, Ulugh Iqrar Khan, is clearly the 

 same as the one mentioned in Mr. Westmacott's Barbak Shah inscription 

 from Dinajpur, published in J. A. S. B., 1873, p. 272, and no doubt is now 

 left regarding the correct reading of the name. The characters of this 

 inscription are well formed. 



The smaller inscription measures 1 ft. 5 inch, by 8-| inch., and consists 

 like the preceding of two lines. Of the first line only the beginning Jl-» 

 f^LJf &As '■ the Prophet says', is legible. Of the second line I can with 

 some difficulty decipher the following : — 



jj.^/0^4^ ji j j jJ| ^Ja*J( j JasJ/l ^IL AST^f^U 



The Mosque was built by the great and exalted Khan Ulugh , Vazir of 



the town known as Barbakabad Makan, 876 [A. D. 1471-72]. 



The inscription, incomplete as it is, is so far valuable as it is the latest 

 of Barbak Shah's reign hitherto discovered. I am not quite sure about the 

 correctness of the word ' Makan' (^ /0 ) : there is a long stroke between the 

 mini and the leaf, and the reading Maslcan (j^*"*) is possible. ISTor can I 

 say with certainty that Barbakabad is another name for Santoshf; 

 but the name is so far of interest as it explains the name of S i r k a r 

 Barbakabad. This Sirkar was assessed in Todar Mall's Bentroll at 

 17,451,532 dams, or Bs. 436,288, and had to furnish 50 horse and 7000 

 foot. Its 38 Mahalls were the following : — 



* The doubtful word bawdsti is legible enough, but I do not understand the mean- 

 ing. It must be a word expressing relationship. Could it be £L\y* for <Su»jj.J 



daughter's son ? 



The date is clear in one of Mr. Westmacott's rubbings. 



t Parganah Santosh does not occur in Todar Mall's rentroll. In the later rent- 

 rolls, however the name again appears. 



