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" of the Khadims, defeated the Rajah of Hugli, conquered hini, con- 

 " verted the infidels to Muhannnadanism, and married his daughter. 

 " After some time, Ugwan Khan also died at Tribeni." 



About twenty yards to the west of the second enclosure, are the 

 ruins of an old mosque, likewise built with the materials of an old 

 Hindu temple. The low basalt pillars supporting the arches are 

 unusually thick, and the domes, as in the Panduah mosque are 

 built of bricks, of successive rings of stones, the diameter of each 

 layer being somewhat less than that of the layer below, the whole 

 being capped by a circular stone, covering the small remaining 

 aperture. This corresponds to the domes described by Mr. Treinlett 

 in his ' Notes on Old Dihli', p. 87 of this volume of the Journal. 

 Two of the domes are broken. On the western wall, there are several 

 inscriptions, as described below. According to the Arabic verses 

 round about the principal Mihrab, the mosque was built by Khan 

 Muhammad Zafar Khan, who is called a Turk, in A. H. 698, or 

 A. D. 1298. The ground round about the mosque is very uneven ; 

 several basalt pillars lie about, and there are foundations of several 

 structures, as also a few tombs, which are said to be the resting- 

 places of former Khadims. 



I now proceed to the inscriptions which I have arranged accord- 

 ing to their age. 



A. Tribeni. 

 Inscription I. (Arabic and Persian.) 



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