102 H. Blochmann — Notes on Arabic and Persian Inscriptions. [No. 1, 
Notes on Arabic and Persian Inscriptions, No. II. — Iiy H. Blochmatot, 
M. A., Calcutta Madrasah. 
Since the publication, in last year’s Journal, of several Arabic and Per- 
sian Inscriptions forwarded to the Society during 1871, a few others have been 
received from Messrs. Wilson, C. S., Badaon ; E. Yesey Westmacott, C. S., 
Dinajpur ; and Dr. J. Wise, Dhaka. As these inscriptions are of great inter- 
est, I have placed them together, and added a few notes and extracts from 
the letters which accompanied the rubbings. 
They refer to 
Dinajpur, (Gangarampur) . 
Dhaka. 
DhamrSi, N. of Dhaka. 
Badaon, 
and A’lapur, East of Badaon. 
Gangara'mpu'r, Di'na jpu'r. 
The following four inscriptions were received from Mr. Westmacott 
C. S., Dinajpur. They are by no means new, having been mentioned by 
Buchanan in his ‘ Historical Description of Dinajpur’ (p. 51), and partly by Mr. 
Thomas in his * Chronicles of the Pathan Kings’ (p. 149) ; but they are here 
for the first time given with the text and correct translations. Buchanan 
says that the chief place in Division Gangarampur is Damdamah, the old 
Dev Kct.* “ It received its present appellation (which signifies a place of 
war) from its having been a military station during the early Muhammadan 
government, as it probably was then on the frontier. * * * The chief officer, 
under the title of Wazir, seems to have resided on the banks of a very noble 
tank, which is named Dahal Dig’hi, and has evidently been formed by the Mu- 
hammadans : its water being about 4000 feet from east to west, and 1000 from 
north to south * * * On many different parts, especially towards the north 
east comer, are heaps of bricks, probably the ruins of the houses that were oc- 
cupied by the Muhammadan officers. On the centre of the north side is the 
Dargah of a saint, named Mulla ’Atauddm, contiguous to which is a small 
mosque. Both are very ruinous, but a canopy is still suspended over the 
tomb, which is much frequented as a place of worship, and the faqir has an 
endowment of 200 big’hahs (about 100 acres) of land.” 
Buchanan then mentions five inscriptions belonging to the tomb and 
the mosque. 
* Mentioned several times in the Tdbaqat i Naqirt and in Dowson’s edition of Elliot’s 
Historians, II, pp. 313, 314, tf. 
