290 Arabic and Persian Inscriptions in the Hugli District. [No. 4, 



This inscription is of no interest, and consists in a well known 

 verse from the Qoran (Sur. II., 256), which is frequently used for 

 inscriptions on mosques. The verse itself goes by the name of 

 A'yat ulkursi, because the word Jcursi (throne) occurs in it. Mu- 

 hammadans have a very high idea of its beauty ; they often repeat 

 it after prayers, and blow on their chests, or blow on their hands, 

 which are then rubbed over the arms and the body. The bles- 

 sings inherent in the verse are thus distributed over the whole 

 body. 



The inscription stands to the right of the words uddin A bid 

 Muzaffar Husain Shah, mentioned on p. 285. 



Another inscription of no value, to the left of the Mihrdb, com- 

 mences with the words — 



^j^U p+i j # * * fH^ 1 l?*^ 1 ^ F* 



After several illegible words, we find — 



i, U UJ| JmJi 4b| * * * dty 

 Of greater interest is the following. 



Inscription VII. (Arabic.) 

 ds^l ^Jo • U^) *JU) £* |y:du Is &SI ^U-wJI d I Alii JU 



yj&j* ) Js^yj]^^ ^U. ^yi ^*^ ^U. Jxi^ ^;'^' 



i *jJU* c^^'^ ^/(?y L^b rV -i j d^^* %^** ***!/* J*}) * 



J»liJi ; lj J^&S Ju>UJI J^U| JjUJJ ciU) ^bvy jyJI 



God has said. ' The mosques belong to God. Worship no one else besides 

 God. (Qoran LXXIL, 18). 



This mosque was built by the great Khan, the exalted grandee, Ulugh 

 Ajmal Khan — may God preserve him in both worlds,— the Commander 

 of the army of the exalted nobleman Iqrar Khan, who is the guardian 

 Qdn&dr) of the honor of the royal Harem, Commander and Yazir of the District 

 of Sajla Mank hbad, and the town of Laobla— may his exalted quali- 

 ties endure for ever, — during the reign of the just, liberal, learned, and per- 

 fect king, B a r b a k S h a h, son of M a h m ii d S h a h, the Sultan. Dated 

 A. H. 860. 



