110 H. Blochmann — JVotes on Arabic and Persian Inscriptions. [No. 1, 
God Almighty says, 1 Surely he who believes in God and a future life, will build 
mosques for God’ [Qorfrn, IX, 18]. The prophet — may God’s blessing rest on him ! 
— says, 1 He who builds a mosque for God, will have a house built for him by God in 
Paradiso.’ 
This mosque was built in the fimo of the king of the ago and tho period, who is 
aided by the aid of the Meroiful, the helper of Islam and the Muslims, the king, son 
of the king, .T al al u d duny a waddin Abul Muzaffar Fath Shah, the 
king, son of Mahmud Shah, tho king, — May God perpetuate his rule and kingdom, and 
elevate his power and dignity 1 
The builder of this mosque which is blessed to Islam and the Muslims, is Zahir- 
ulmillat waddin, Malikul Mu Ik Ale bund Shor, the admiral — Ma.y God Al- 
mighty give him a dwelling in Paradise 1 Dated 10th Jnmada I., 887 [27th June 
1482, A D.] 
II. 
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aJ aJJI aU JL J Axle aU| ^1-e ^aa'I JUi 
ijj ^ UJ ' . . , UJ f 
^ ,<*JI |»kx.Jl j-thsr I Iiilb Assr'l t (.lx* Ixxj 
ji' . # OJ JJ wM . UJ 
w*J 
I) aAmu»J } aXm Aitkin, _j A <l-v All) jdk. 
The Prophet — may God’s blessing rest on him 1 — says, ‘ He who builds a mosque 
for God, will have a house like it built for him by God in Paradise.’ This Jami’ Masjid 
was built by the great and respected king ’A lair ddunya waddin Abul Muza f- 
far Husain Shah, the king, son of Sayyid Ashraf, a descendant of Husain, — may 
God perpetuate his rule and his kingdom 1 Dated, A. H. 922 [A. D , 1516]. 
Bada'on. 
The first inscription forwarded by Mr. Wilson belongs to the tomb of 
tbe Emperor ’Aliuddln or ’A'lam Shah, who, soon after A. II. 851, ceded 
the empire to Buhhil Lodi, and withdrew to Badaon, where ho lived in retire- 
ment, and died in A. H. 883. The stone measures about 5 feet by 21 feet, and 
is the most extraordinary inscription that has come under my notice. The let- 
ters are nearly all without diacritical marks, and are so unusual, that the whole 
looks like a puzzle ( vide PI. I.) With the assistance of several Maulawis of 
Calcutta and Badaon, I have deciphered the greater portion of it, and can 
thus give the general purport of the inscription, leaving the complete and 
grammatical restoration of the text to others. 
I. 
First line ^Ikl J| i.^.j.(.x/e -Ix-c (?) 
W s 
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