294 Arabic and Persian Inscriptions in the Hiigli District. [No. 4, 



AjJlc Ai!) Ji 



till JU* 



God has said, ' The mosques, &c.' [Qoran, LXXII, 18.]. And the prophet 

 (may peace be upon him !) has said, ' He who builds a mosque on earth will 

 have a castle built for him by God in Paradise'. 



This mosque was built during the reign of the just and liberal king J a 1 a 1- 

 uddin Abul Muzaffar lath Shah, the Sultan, son of Mahmud 

 the Sultan, may God perpetuate his reign ! 



The builder of this noble and great mosque is the Lord of the sword and the 

 pen, U 1 u g h Majlis Nur, commander and Vazir of the district of S a j 1 a 

 M a n k h b a d, and the town known as S i m 1 a b a d, and Commandant of the 

 Thanah Laobla and Mihrbak, District and Mahall (Perganah) of H a d i- 

 g a r, — may God preserve him in both worlds ! 



Dated 4th Muharram, 892, [1st January, 1487.]. Written by the humble 

 servant Akhund Malik. 



This inscription is written on a long basalt tablet, which at pre- 

 sent stands leaning against the northern wall of Fakhruddin's 

 enclosure. 



Inscriptions Nos. I., VII., and X. mention — 



1. The District of Sdj'ld Mankhbdd. 



2. The District of Hddigar. 



3. The Thanahs of Ldobld, or Ldobald* and Mihrbak, the 

 first of which was called ' a town' in inscription VII. 



4. The town of Simldb/td. 



* There is a place 10 miles E. of Tribeni, on the other side of the Hugli, 

 called on the maps Laopallah, near the Jamnah or Jabunah, mentioned above 

 on p. 282, on the border of the 24-Parganahs. In an Arabic Inscription, 

 ' Laopallah' would have to be spelt ' Laobala.' It is also noticeable that there 

 are several Muhammadan villages near this Laopallah. The maps show a 

 Fathpur, Shahpiir, Hathikhanah, &c. 



