1872.] H. Bloclimann — On a new king of Bengal. 335 
which lies on an elevated spot, reached by a flight of steps, near tho old wall 
of Munger. At the foot, there are many tombs in a dilapidated state. The 
Khadims of the D argali say that when the fort of Munger was built, 
or rebuilt, Prince Danya l dreamed that a grave near the new wall emitted 
a smell of musk. The grave was discovered, and the Prince built a vault 
over it, for the inmate was evidently a saint. From this circumstance the 
saint is up to this day called ‘ Shah Nafah,’ from the Persian nafah, a 
‘pod of musk.’ 
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In the name of God, the merciful and the clement 1 A victory from God, and 
a near favour, and announce the joyful tidings to tho faithful [Qoran, lvi, 3], The 
erection of this vault (took place) in the reign of the just king, the Sayyid of Sayyids, 
the receptacle of auspiciousness, ’A 1 an d d u ny a w a ddi n Ab u 1 Muzaffar 
Husain Sha h, — May God perpetuate his kingdom and rule ! The builder of this 
religious edifice is Prince Danya 1 — may God Almighty preserve him in both 
worlds 1 A. H. 903 [A. D. 1497-98], 
When I exhibited this inscription at the meeting of the Society in July 
last, I alluded to the following passage from Prinsep’s Antiquities (Thomas’s 
edition, Useful Tables, p. 273) regarding the invasion of Asam by Husain 
Shah- 
1498 Asam invaded by Dulal Ghazi, son of Husain Shah 
Musundar Ghazi 
Sultan Ghiasuddin. 
As ‘ Dulal Ghazi’ is scarcely a Muhammadan name, the prince alluded 
to is evidently this DanySl. A short description of the invasion was given 
by me above, p. 79. The author of the Bigaz gives a few particulars, but 
without quoting his source. As Stewart has passed over the details, 
I translate the passage, as given in the MS. of the Riydz in the Asiatic Society’s 
Library. “ After having reduced the Rajahs of the Districts as far as Orisa, 
Husain took tribute from them. After this, he resolved to invade the kingdom 
of Asam, in the north-east of Bengal, and he set out with a large army of 
foot and a numerous fleet, and entered the kingdom and subdued it as 
far as Kamrup and Kdrntah and other districts, which were under powerful 
Rajahs as Bap Ndrdin, Mul (Pal ?) Kunwar, Oost't Lak’han (?) and Lachhmi 
N drain. and others, and collected much wealth from the conquered land 
so that the Afghans, after destroying the palaces of those [Rajahs], erected 
palaces. The Rajah of the country, unable to withstand, withdrew to the 
mountains. Sultan Husain left his son with a strong army in Asam to 
complete the settlement of the country, and returned victoriously to Bengal. 
