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GHAZIPORE. 
PALACE OF SAHADUT ALI. ANCIENT MUSJID. 
The names of most places in India have reference 
to their early history, and form a convenient clue for 
the investigations of the traveller. Ghazipore signi- 
fies the abode of Ghazi ; this place having been 
distinguished as the favourite residence of the cele- 
brated Ishmael Ghazi Khan, a holy Mussulman, and 
a wise and talented commander, who first subdued 
the country of Dinagepore to the Mogul power ; and 
whose humanity and impartial justice have gained for 
him the worship, not only of true Moslems, but even 
of the Hindoos themselves, who frequently perform 
long and painful pilgrimages to his tomb at Shora- 
ghat. We may judge of the excellent wisdom of 
this chief, by the three fundamental laws which he 
issued, for the constraint of the farmers and for the 
benefit of his followers. The first was, that no land- 
holder or tiller of the land should ever presume to 
