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H. Bloclimann — On a new king of Bengal. [No. 4, 
This mosque was built in the reign of the great, the liberal king, the son of a 
king, Naqiruddunya waddin Abul Mnzaffar Nu cjra t 8 hah, the king, 
son of Husain Shah the king, the descendant of Husain [A1 Husaini], — May God 
continue his kingdom and rulo ! It was erected, in order to obtain the reward of 
God, together with the well, by the Malik ul Umara wal-Wuzara, the chief of the 
lawyers and teachers of the Hadis, Taqi nddin, son of ’Ain uddin, known as 
Bar Malik ul-Majlis, son of Mukhtir nl-Majlis, son of Sarwar. May God pre- 
serve him in both worlds ! In the year 929 A. H. [A. D. 1523] 
It is a pity that this inscription does not mention the month ; for if it 
did, tvs could approximately fix the death of Husain and the accession of 
Nugratshah. 
Another inscription of Nugrat Shah, referring to A. H. 93G, was pub- 
lished in this Journal, V r ol. xxxix, 1870, p. 278, and I now add a reading of 
the Qadam Rasul inscription of 937, of which the Society has received two 
rubbings, one from Mr. W. L. Heeley, C. S., to whom the Society owes a large 
collection ot Gaur rubbings, and another by General Cunningham, whose 
splendid collection of Hindu and Muhammadan inscriptions of Upper India 
and Bengal has just reached the Society. 
S,.#h.»ll jAa # LjJU/Cl <vl» o xlJijli 
|*ii**J| j XiH ilJl ill| -■* Oa I (sic) j 
uil -iylW-.il ^ UiaJi ^ikl—li 
lly 6 ! J AHhlw j &\*/c &1J f oiA On-* 
II j J AXw . XjUo j 
God Almighty says, ‘ He who brings the good deed, will bo rewarded ten fold.’ 
[Qoran, vi. 161], This pure dais and its stone, on which is the foot print of the Pro- 
phet — May God bless him ! — were put up by the great, generous king, the son of a 
king, Nfiijiruddunya waddin Abul Muzaffar Nugrat Shah, the king, 
son of Husain S h & h, the king, son of Sayyid Ashraf ul Husaini, — May God 
perpetuate his kingdom and rulo, and elevato his condition and dignity ! In the 
year 937, A. H. [A, D. 1530-31.] 
The Jiii/dx and Stewart give the date of the Qadam Rasul to be A. H. 
939, but the rubbing clearly shews 937. 
Nugrat Shall was murdered by his ennuchs in 939. This year, though 
not mentioned in the Riydz, is yet implied by his account, whatever his 
source may have been. The Tabaqul gives a short account of Nugrat’ s reign 
till 939, and then says — “ After this, the history of the Bangalis has not 
come to hand. Nagib Shah reigned eleven years, and shortly afterwards, 
Bengal was taken by Slier Shah.” Firishtah’s account is extraordinary and 
unreliable. He says that Nagib died in 913, but that the manner of his 
death was unknown. Ho was succeeded by Mahmud, a Bangdli nobleman , 
who being attacked by Sher Shall fled to Humayun. The Riydz adds that 
some historians say, Nugrat Shah reigned sixteen years, others thirteen, 
others still less, 
