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its rise near the Rajahpur Jhil, west of Habrah (Howrah). A 

 hhal passes from the Saraswati to the Ganges about five miles 

 below the Botanic Garden. To the north of the mouth of the 

 Saraswati lies the broad and high Tribeni Ghat, a magnificent 

 flight of steps, said to have been built by Mukund Deo, the last 

 Gajpati of Orisa ; and S. of it, on the high river bank lies Tribeni 

 itself with the Astanah of Ghazi Zafar Khan, generally called by the 

 people Qdzi fyhib hd dargdh. Tribeni is often called Tripani, and 

 by the Muhammadans, Tripani Shdhpur, or Firuzabdd. The peo- 

 ple refer the last name to Firuz Shah of Dihli ; but it is more 

 natural to connect it with Shamsuddin Firuz Shah (I.), king of 

 Bengal, whose name will be found below in the inscription of Zafar 

 Khan's Madrasah. The name of ' Tribeni,' or ' Three Streams' 

 is said by the natives of the place to refer to the junction of the 

 Ganges, the Saraswati, and Jamnah. The Jamnah, or Jabunah, 

 flows into the Ganges on the left side, opposite to the southern 

 extremity of the extensive island in the middle of the Ganges. 



The curious legend of Zafar Khan has been related by Mr. I>. 

 Money in his article on the Tribeni Temple, ptiblished in the XVth 

 volume of the Journal, Asiatic Society, Bengal, for 1847, p. 393. 

 The Astanah consists of two enclosures. The first, which lies at the 

 road leading along the bank of the Hugli, is built of large basalt 

 stones, said to have been taken from an old Hindu temple, which 

 Zafar Khan destroyed. Its east wall which faces the river, shews 

 clear traces of mutilated Hindu idols and dragons \ and fixed into 

 it, at a height of about six feet from the ground, is a piece of iron, 

 said to be the handle of Zafar Khan's battle-axe. The second en- 

 closure, which is joined to the west wall of the first, is built of 

 sandstone. The Khadim of the Astanah, a man not altogether 

 illiterate, told me that the western tomb was that of Zafar Khan. 

 The other three, he said, are those of 'Ain Khan Ghazi and Ghain 

 Khan Ghazi ( cijl^ urf^tyJ?*, and fcsjt* uM± &*f ), sons of Zafar Khan, 

 and of the wife of Barkhan Ghazi. The first enclosure contains 

 the tombs of Barkhan Ghazi ( (_£)Lp al-^^J ), third son of Zafar 

 Khan, and of Rahim Khan Ghazi and Karim Khan Ghazi, sons of 

 Barkhan. Mr. Money mentions a son of Zafar Khan of the name of 

 TJgwan Khan, who according to the luirsindmah, or family register, 



