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ationof his mosque at Tribeni on the ruins of the old Hindu edifices 

 which he destroyed, is expressed by ^ + ^ -f £, = 8 + 90 -f 600, 

 or 698 A. H., which corresponds to A. D. 1298. Zafar Khan's 

 Madrasah, as will appear from the following inscription, was 

 founded fifteen years later, in A. H. 713, or A. D. 1313. 



There is no doubt that the above verses are one of the oldest 

 inscriptions, if not the oldest, in Lower Bengal. 



Inscription III. (Arabic.) 

 (Zafar Khan's Madrasah.) 



•• yjj yjj . ^t ^ 



; UjJ) ^s, « ^i ^\jj v*JIju ' ^5! nl^ji ^yji * juji 



(sic)^j) '^UjJU cJIU i±>J^ *^JUJI v,. £Ai*j ^^s* 1 ! '^dJI 

 ^s^ J ) &,£ ^ « ( sic ) ^UJ^) Baa. ^ ' ajjdd ^ic &U) yikl 



^ *jU*Aau ^ $..&£ t^^lj £i*o 1 J) 1 ?LaJ) 



Praise be to Him to whom praise is due ! This Madrasah which goes by the 

 name of Ddr ul Khairdt [house of benevolence], was built during the reign of the 

 Lord of munificence, the owner of the crown and the signet, the shadow of God on 

 earth, the generous, the liberal, the great, the master of the necks of nations, the 

 sun of the world and the faith [shams uddunyd iva-ddin], who is distinguished 

 by the graceof the Lord of the universe, the heir of the realm of Sulaiman, [Sham- 

 suddin] Abul Muzaffar Firtiz Sha h — may God perpetuate his reign — 

 (second slab) by order of the distinguished Khan, the generous, the respected, 

 the liberal, the praiseworthy, the helper of Islam, the aider of mankind, the 

 meteor of truth and faith, the supporter of kings and sovereigns, the patron of 

 enquirers, Khan MuhammadZafarKha n — may God give him victory 

 over his enemies and guard his friends. 



Dated 1st Muharram, 713. [28th April, 1313]. 



