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Our imperfect lists of Bengal kings call this king Ndgir Shah ; 

 but { Husain Shah (I.)' would be the proper name. 



The next inscription mentions Barbah Shah, son of Mahmud Shah, 

 the Sultan, as in Marsden II., p. 57 S. The year is expressed by 



the meaning of which, on account of the wdw before sittin, is not 

 quite clear ; and if it be Muharram 861, it would be at variance with 

 the preceding inscription. 



The next inscription from Sdtgdniv mentions Jaldluddin Abut 

 Muzaffar Fath Shah Sultan, son of Mahmud Shah Sultan, and the date, 

 4th Muharram 892. Vide Marsden II, 574. 



Thus Path Shah would be Barbak's brother. But their father 

 Mahmud Shah Sultan has not yet received a place among the 

 kings of Bengal. 



The last inscription of importance gives the name of Sultan 

 Nucrat Shah, son of Husain Shah Sultan, and the year A. H. 936, 

 or 1529-30, A. D. 



Whether he was called c Nacib Shah' (Abulfazl, Firishtah) or not, 

 there is no doubt that on inscriptions he is called ' Nucrat Shah* 



I take this opportunity to state that the Bahrain Saqqa, men- 

 tioned in my last paper on ' Historical places in the District of 

 Hugli,' to judge from the inscriptions on his shrine in Bardwan, 

 lately received by me, turns out to be the poet of the same name, 

 whose biography will be found in the Second Book of the Am. 



Mr. Ball said, I would venture to suggest to Mr. Blochmann 

 the neighbourhood of Eajmahal as well worthy his attention, should 

 he determine to extend the limits of his investigations regarding 

 the ruins and monuments which mark the early progress of the 

 Muhammadans in Bengal. 



Between Eajmahal and Colgong (K'halganw) there are a number 

 of ruined masjids, palaces, and forts. The latter, but more especially 

 the one at Tilagurhi (Talyagadhi) being so situated as to command 

 the passes through the hills. 



Considerable quantities of cut stone, trap, granite, and gneiss 

 have been used in the buildings. 



