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H. Blochmann — On a new king of Bengal. [No. 4, 
Khan, namely Khawai; K li fin, governor of the Land of T i p u rah and Yazir 
of the District M u ’ a z z a m fib fi d, — may God preserve him in both ■worlds ! Dated, 
2nd Rabi’ II, 919. [7th June, 1513.] 
The inscription contains the phrase TgVim Mu'tmarnaldd, which Mr. 
Thomas discusses in Iris ‘ Chronicles of the Pathan Kings,’ p. 153. The 
union oi Tripurah (Tiparah) and Mu’azzamahad confirms my conjecture 
that Mu azzamabad belongs to Sunnargfion. The form ijf * 3 is intended 
to be Arabic for tjy* 3. 
The various statements regarding the beginning of Husain Shah’s reign 
are, no doubt, due to the fact that he was a usurper, and that his power, 
therefore, extended gradually. One source, indeed, makes him murder 
Muzaffar in his palace ; but other sources speak of a great struggle, ending 
in a great battle under the walls of Gaur, when Husain Shah was victorious. 
Another proof for the correctness of the year 929 lies in the fact 
that the Tabaqat assigns to Nugrat Shah only eleven years as reigning 
king. 
There is some confusion regarding the real name of Husain Shah. 
The Tabaqat merely calls him ’Alauddin, the j ulus-name, whilst Pirishtah 
calls him Sayyid Sharif i Malriri, i. e. Sharif from Makkah ; and Stewart 
gives “ Sherief Mecca,” evidently confirmed by a gratuitous remark of the 
author of the lligdzussald(in, who, as he says, thinks that Husain’s father, or 
one of his ancestors, might perhaps have been a Sharif of Mecca !* To make 
the confusion greater, the Riy&z adds that he had seen “ in some pamphlet 
that Husain Shah and his brother Yusuf had come with their father Sayyid 
Ashraf Husaini from Tirmiz in Turkistan, and having accidentally 
come to Bengal they had settled in the Rarah District at Chandpur, where 
they studied under the Qazi of the place. When the Qizi had convinced 
himself of the nobility of their descent, he gave his daughter to Husain in 
marriage, and introduced him at the court of Muzaffar Shah, who made him 
Yazir.” None of the numerous inscriptions and coins of Husain Shah call 
him Sayyid Sharif or “ Makki.” 
Prince Danydl. He is mentioned by Badaoni (I, 317) as having met 
Sultan Sikandar Lodi as ambassador from his father Husain Shah, near the 
town of Bihar, in 901 A. H. This is another and independent testimony 
shewing that Husain’s reign commenced before 903 A. H., and that he was, 
in fact, fully established in 901. 
Danyal is also mentioned in the following inscription which I owe to 
the kindness of Maulawi ’Abdul Jabbar, Deputy Magistrate, Munger. The 
inscription is attached to the eastern wall of the Dargah of Shah Nafah, 
* The Sharif, or ruler, of Makkah, is called Sharif i MaUah, not Sharif i Makkl. 
The latter can only mean ‘ a man of the name of Sharif, born in Makkah.’ 
