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under the title of Hazrat i Ala. He removed, after Taj Khan's 

 death, the capital from Gaur to Tanda. He acknowledges Akbar's 

 suzerainty. 

 975 Sulaiman conquers Orisa. Mukund Deo, last king of Orisa, 



defeated and killed. Kala Pa liar takes Puri. 

 9S0 Sulaiman dies. 

 9S0 Ba'yazi'd, son of Sulaiman, king of Bengal, Bihar, and Orisa. 



Bayazid is murdered by Hansu, his cousin. 

 980 to 984, Da'u'd Shall, second son of Sulaiman i Kararani, king of 

 Bengal, Bihar, and Orisa. . Khan Jahan Afghan appointed governor 

 of Orisa. Qutlu Khan Lohani appointed governor of Puri. 

 B a 1 Gosain, Raja of Kuch Bihar. 

 982 Akbar conquers Bihar. Daud Shah flees to Orisa. 20th Zi Qa'dah 

 (3rd March, 1575), battle of Tukaroi, or Mughulmari, north of Jalesar 

 (Jellasore) in Orisa. Baud defeated by Mun'im Khan Khankhanan 

 and Todar Mall. Peace of Katak. Baud cedes Bengal and Bihar, 

 and is acknowledged by Akbar king of Orisa. 

 9S3 Mun'im Khan at Gaur. He dies with the greater part of his army. 



Husain Quli Khanjahan, Akbar's governor of Bengal and 

 Bihar. 

 Daud Shah invades Bengal. 

 984, 15th Rabi' II, or 12th July, 1576. Daud Shah defeated by Husain 

 Quli Khanjahan in the battle of A'gmahall (Eijmahall). Daud is 



captured and beheaded. 

 The Afghans withdraw to Orisa. 



As in the preceding period I shall take the kings singly, and make a 

 few remarks on the chronology and coinage of their reigns. 



XXV. Fari'duddi'n Abul Muzaffar Sher Sha'h. 



(944 to 952, H., or 1538 to 1545, A. D.) 



Several of Sher Shah's rupees, published by Marsden and Thomas, con- 

 tain the new mint town of S h a r i f a b a d. As in the case of the mint- 

 towns of Mahmudabad, Fathabad, and others mentioned in this and former 

 ' Contributions', Sharifabad may refer to the whole Sirkar, or to the royal 

 camp in the Sirkar, and not to any particular town. There is in fact, as 

 far as we know, no town of Sharifabad. Sher Shah's Sharifabad refers in 

 all probability to Bharkundah or Western Birbhum and the Santal Par- 

 ganahs {vide J. A. S. B., 1873, Pt. I, p. 223). 



Fort E o h t a s, which plays so prominent a part in Sher Shah's his- 

 tory, is not known, as Mr. Thomas states (Chronicles, p. 397, note) under 

 the name of Shergarh. There is indeed, a small fort of the name of 



