106 H. Blochmann — Notes on Arabic and Persian Inscriptions. [No. 1, 
of the best among Bengal inscriptions of the 8th century of the Hijrah, that 
I have seen. The text spells baMshah, instead of pddislid h ; if this he not 
accidental, we would have here a proof shewing that the Indian pronuncia- 
tion of this word is of old standing. 
III. PuJcn Khan's Mosque. 
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This mosque and tlie minaret were built by the Khan i ’A z i m EuknKhan, 
[son of] ’A laud din of Sarhat, cup-bearer out of the palace, Yazlr of the town 
known asZafarab&d, Commander-in-chief, High Kotwiil of the town known as 
Ffruzabad, Mun^if of the Diwan of books in the town mentioned, during the reign 
of ’A 14 ud dunya waddin Abul Muzaffar Husain Sh4h, the king, a 
descendant of the prophet, in front of the door of the Shaikh of Shaikhs, Shaikh 
’A t a. Ho who keeps up and ronows this pious grant, will be renewed by God, and 
will find favor with the Shaikh. A. H., 918 [A. D., 1512]. 
Rukn Khan united many offices in his person ; hut the titles are not quite 
clear. I am not quite sure whether I have correctly translated the words 
Shardbdar i ghcdr-mahalli. One of General Cunningham’s Husain Shahi 
inscriptions from Sunnargaon gives a similar title, ‘jdmaddr i gliair-mahallV , 
* keeper of the wardrobe outside the palace.’ 
Rukn is called * Sarhati,’ perhaps from Sarhat in Birhhum. In my paper 
on the Tribeni Inscriptions (Journal, 1870, p. 284), tho same man 
evidently is mentioned ; hut he is there called “ Rukn Khan, son of ’Alauddin 
of Sirhat,” and we have no doubt to put here an Izafat after lyhk which is 
used in Persian, when is omitted. We are also enabled to fix the date of the 
Tribeni inscription, which (Joe. cit., p. 285) I referred, as I now see errone- 
ously, to the end of the 7th century of the Hijrah. 
Firuziibad appears to be the same as Panduah, the ‘ Purroa’ of our maps, 
near Maid ah. I am more doubtful about Zafarabad, unless it refers to the 
same as is mentioned by Badaoni, I, p. 246. 
