1S75.] H. Blochmann — History and Geography of Bengal. — No. III. 299 

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The Prophet (God bless him ! ) said, [this mosque was built during the 



reign] of the king, the son of a king, Ghiyas uddunya w a d d i n Abul 

 Muzaffar Jalal Shah, the king, son of Muhammad Shah G h a z i, — 



may God perpetuate his kingdom ! The builder of this religious edifice is 



during the year 960. 



There is no doubt about the date, which is expressed both in words and 

 in numbers. 



History says nothing of Jalal Khan's rebellion or the course it ran ; 

 all we know is that Jalal Khan nine years later was acknowledged king of 

 Bengal. The following passage from Badaoni (I, 430) is rather curious, 

 because the name of Jalal Shah is transferred to the father, who on, or before, 

 'Adli's accession refused allegiance, made himself king of Bengal under the 

 name of Muhammad Shah, and even aspired to the throne of Dihli. 



In the meantime Himun heard that Muhammad Khan Stir, the governor 

 of Bengal, had made himself king under the title of Jalaluddin, and had come 

 with an army resembling swarms of locusts and ants, from Bengal to Jaunpur, and was 

 marching upon Kalpi and Agrah. * * * And when Himun in uninterrupted marches 

 moved to 'Adli, he found 'Adli and Muhammad Khan of Gaur near the Mauza' of 

 Chhapparghattah, 15 kos from Kalpi, with the Jamuna between them, ready to 

 fight each other. He of Gaur lay encamped with great pomp, much war material, with 

 numerous horse, foot, and countless elephants, and quite confident as to 'Adli's fate. 

 But suddenly the scales turned : Himun arrived like a shooting star, and without delay 

 sent his choice elephants through the river, attacked the negligent Bengal army by 

 night, and threw it into utter confusion and disorder. Most of Muhammad Khan's 

 Amirs were killed, others escaped, and the helpless king of Gaur, evidently with his 

 head in his sleeve, disappeared, and up to the present nothing is known about his fate. 



As we have specimens of Muhammad Shah's coinage, we know that he 

 did not call himself ' Jalal Shah' ; but Badaoni may have heard of the rebel- 

 lion of his son and confounded Jalal Shah with Muhammad Shah. 



The village of Chhapparghattah ( Al$f^«^.)— perhaps the most 

 westerly point to which the Bengal arms ever advanced — lies east of Kalpi, 

 on the left bank of the Jamuna, in Long. 79° 58', close to the confluence of the 

 Singur Nadi and the Jamuna. It belongs to Parganah Ghatampiir, Sirkar 

 Korra. Though prominently marked on maps X and XIII of Bennett's 

 Atlas, it is not given on Sheet 69 of the ' Indian Atlas', the nearest place 

 (if not the same) being Sultanpur. A little further to the east, at the 

 entrance of the Itawah Terminal Ganges Canal into the Jamuna, lies the 

 village of Fathabad, and nearer still to Chhapparghattah, the village of 

 Fathpur. Either may have been the actual site of the battle-field.* 



* The straight distance of Chhapparghattah from Kiilpi is only 11 miles. Futhjuu 

 



