1875.] H. Blochmann — History and Geography of Bengal. — No. III. 305 



But Lodi, who was ' the soul' of the kingdom, with the consent of the nobles, raised 

 Daud, the younger son of Sulaiman, to the throne and killed Hansu. But Grujar Khan 

 raised in Bihar Bayazid's son to the throne, and Lodi went with a large army to seize 

 on Bihar. On account of carelessness on the part of Mun'im Khan Khankhanan, and 

 by means of flattering promises, Lodi succeeded in bringing Gftjar over to his views.* 



As Sulaiman died in 9S0, and Daiid Shah's coinage begins also in 980, 

 Bayazid Shah's short reign falls in the same year. No specimen of his 

 coinage has hitherto been found. 



XXXII Abul Muzaffar Da'u'd Sha'h. 



(980 to 984 H. ; A. D. 1573 to 1576.) 



The facts of Daud Shah's reign are well known from the histories of 

 Akbar's reign. His full name appears on the margin of his coinage, of 

 which specimens are numerous ; but all rupees that I have seen, had the 

 margin cut away. 



His defeat on the 15th Eabi' II, 984 [12th July, 1576] elicited the 

 curious tdrikh (metre Sari'f) — >£*fj oj^d )\ ^UiA** ^^o 



Solomon's kingdom slipped from David's hand. 



With Daud Khan the Kararani dynasty came to an end. The 

 Afghans under the Lohanis subsequently fought with Akbar's officers, 

 especially Man Singh, in Orisa and South-Eastern Bengal, till they were 

 finally overcome under 'Usman Khan during Jahangir's reign in Eastern 

 Bengal.J 



The frontiers of Bengal during the Afghan period became gradually 

 narrower. Sunargaon is mentioned as the frontier under Sher Shah and Sulai- 

 man i Kararani. But this may have been more nominal than real. Chat- 

 gaon had already before Sher Shah again fallen in the hands of the Araka- 

 nese. The Bhuyahs, i. e. zamindars, of Bhaluah, Bakla, Chandradip, 

 Faridpur, and the 24-Parganahs, were all but independent; and from Sunar- 

 gaon over Dhaka northward over Maimansingh extended the territory of 

 Masnad i 'A'li 'I'sa Khan, who in the Akbarnamah is called ' the chief of 

 the Twelve Bhuyahs'. The Portuguese also became important. 



In the north, the frontier receded likewise. The results of the con- 

 quest of Kamata and Kamrup by Husain Shah vanished with the establish- 

 ment of the great kingdom of Kuch Bihar, when the Karataya became 

 again the frontier. The Muhammadan historians do not tell us much 



* The remaining portion has been translated by Prof. Dowson in Elliot's History 

 of India, VI, p. 39 ff. 



f Vide my ' Prosody of the Persians', p. 59, 1. 13. The second foot is mafulun, 

 and the alifm. az cannot be left out. 



% Vide Km Translation, I, 520, 521. Prof. Dowson, IV, 513n., makes 'Usman 

 Khan Daud's younger brother. But they belong to different Afghan tribes. 



