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



the day of resurrection will be like that of the full moon. (Persian). This Jami' 

 Masjid was built dnring the reign of the just and perfect Sultan, Abul 

 M u z a f f a r Sultan Nucrah Shah, son of Hnsain Shah, the descendant 

 of Husain, — may God perpetuate his rule — by the refuge of Sayyidship, S ay- 

 yid Jamalud din Husain, son of SayyidFakhruddinofAmul, 

 during the month of Ramazan, 936. [May, A. D. 1529]. Because the Mullas and 

 Zamiudars (arbdb), if defrauding legacies, are overtaken by the curse of God» 

 it is the earnest (bajdne) duty of governors and qdzts, to prevent such frauds, 

 so that on the day of resurrection they may not be caught in their wicked 

 deeds. 



The other (Arabic) inscription is fixed into the wall over the 

 entrance to the mosque. 



ualji ^j***. aii ii jiM r J j yyi ^T , syiLaJi r ^T^ yj) 



God has said, ' That man will build, &c.' [Qoran IX., 18; vide Inscr. IX]. 



The prophet has said, ' He who builds for God a mosque in the world, will 

 have seventy castles built for him by God in Paradise.' 



This Jami' Masjid was built in the reign of the just king, AbulMuzaffar 

 NucrahShah, the Sultan, son of Husain Shah the Sultan, the descendant of 

 Husain, by the worthy Sayyid Jamal Din Husain, son of Sayyid Fakhruddin of , 

 Amul, the asylum of the Sayyids, and glory of the descendants of Tdhd [the 

 prophet], — may God preserve him in the world and the faith, — during the 

 blessed month of Ramazan, 936 [May, 1529.] 



Both inscriptions caU the son of Husain Shah Nucrali Shah 

 ( ^A^i, not \ycj, or i^j^j ), though the word ^aJ is generally writ- 

 ten and pronounced e^aJ nucrat. For Nucrah Shah the histories, 

 as is well known, have Nacih Shah ( *'-£ «-**^ ). The Gaur 

 inscriptions and the two coins published by Mr. Laidley (Journal, 

 As. Soc, for 1846, PL V-, Nos. 22 and 23, and p. 332) have 



