1S72.] H. Bloehmann — On a new Icing of Bengal. 339 
3. ’ Aland din Firuz Shah, son of Nuerat Shall. The Figiiz is the 
only history that mentions him under the name of Firuz. His source 
is unknown to me. The existence of this king is now proved by the above 
inscription (p. 332). General Cunningham has had for some time in his 
possession a sealing-wax impression of a coin belonging to this king, The coin 
is, I believe, in the British Museum. Stewart and Marsden give Firuz Shall 
only three months. The MS. of the lli>/az in the Society’s Library unfor- 
tunately appears to be defective in this part, tho passage being — 
Jl Si (%* ) (i) zy Xz?? (sic) 
ISeto ^dlj^w ojbotJ \j _j| IstA zuyAs y zy yile Xzj* 
M l*zyc , * ul-w £ s S z,'\ G j gtA ci b _j zy 
II zy*> zy^yj fay yy y X zjyf J>nb Ij jL£ yyi iiiGylJ 
He had reigned (?) three years (?), when Sultan Mahmud of Bengal, one of the 
eighteen sons of ’Alauddin Husain Shah, who had been raised by Nuijrat Shah to the 
position of an Amir, and who daring tho life of Nacc&t Shah had been treated as such, 
found an opportunity and killed Firuz Shah, and ascended the throne of royalty 
among the heirs of his father. 
4. Ohiasuddin Mahmud Shah, the last independent king of Bengal 
(940 to 944). He is the “ El liey Mamud do Bengala” with whom Alfonso 
de Mello made a treaty, as will be found in Barros’ 1 Da Asia.’ When be- 
sieged in Gaur by Slier Shah’s army under Jalal Khan and Khawih; Khan, 
he applied to Nunode Cuna, the governor of the Portuguese settlements, for 
help ; but the nine ships sent to him did not arrive in Bengal till after the 
surrender of the city (944). Mahmud’s fate is known the TariJch i Sher 
ShaM* The Akbarnamah (Lucknow Edition, I, p. 184) calls Mahmud 
“ Naeib Shah.” According to the Rigttz, Mahmud died at K’halgaon (945), 
from grief at the loss of his two sons or from the wounds he had received in 
defending Gaur. 
The only inscription that I have seen of Mahmud Shah is the following 
from General Cunningham’s collection. It refers to the building of a mosque 
in Sa’dullahpur, Gaur, by a lady whose name is not mentioned. 
> <xlLc IAj &J apt all ^ij c ,x> ^.1^, , <XjJ.£ ilh ^l-o JLS 
IxjzJl £,Ui ^IkLJl ^,-1 w lkLJ| zy y .XK:“~*" I | | out. 
*£I/o AlJ| 0.1A gLi 8 1 A zy*^* j 
(Zji*Vl Al J\ j.!ol y O/Olo Axils , ailklw } 
|| AjI* + .J , 
The Prophet says, ‘ He who builds a mosque for God, will have a house liko it 
built for him by God in Paradise. This Jami’ Mosque was built during the reign of 
* Vide the translation of this interesting history by the Hon’ble E. C. Bayley 
in Dowson’s edition of Elliot’s History of India, IV, pp. 360 and 364. T he ‘ Bahr- 
kundah’ mentioned there, is Bharkundah in Birbhum (vide Ain text, I, 406). 
