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advantage to him to come after Ghulam Husain, but he had the greater 
advantage of being born and bred in Maldah, whereas Gh ulam Husain seems 
only to have come there in the latter days of his life. Unfortunately for 
Ilalii Bakhsh, many of the inscriptions which were unknown when he copied 
them, have been published in our Journal and in Ravenshaw’s Gaur, 
&c., owing to the labours of Mr. Blochmann, Dr. Wise, Mr. Westmacott, 
Mr. Bourke, Mr. Heeley, General Cunningham, and others. I have endea¬ 
voured to separate the new from the old, and have given those which have 
been already published only when there is some difference of reading, &c. 
Ilahi Ba khsh praises the climate of Maldah, which, he says, is the best 
in Bengal. It was made a Joint-Magistracy, he tells us, in 1228 A.H. (1813), 
and the first Magistrate was Mr. William Braddon. He gives many statistics, 
and notices the inscription by Mr. Thomas Henchman, at the cutcherries 
in English Bazar, dated 1771. I do not think, however, that there is any¬ 
thing new till we come to page 129, where he tells us of a tomb in English 
Bazar called Gliora Shahid. It is near the old silk factory known as the 
Barah Kh ana, and the people of Maldah worship and make offerings there. 
However, Munshl ‘Abdu-l-karim told the author that it was really the tomb 
of some (English ?) official of the Factory. 
Noticing the Charitable Dispensary, the author observes that here used 
to be the house of Ghulam Husain. Near here in front of a mosque, was 
placed “ some years ago,” a stone containing the important inscription 
of Husain Shah, dated 1st Ramzan 907 (10th March 1502), which records the 
building of a Madrasa. This is one of the inscriptions which Mr. West¬ 
macott sent to Blochmann. See J. A. S. B., XLII, p. 303, and Ravenshaw’s 
Gaur, p. 80. Ilahi Bakhsh gives the inscription, but it need not be repub¬ 
lished. It is situated at a mosque near the Police Station, and in the quar¬ 
ter known as Firozpur Imll tola. He also notices, page 133, an inscription 
set up in an Imambarah in Cak Anbia, and bearing the date 913 (1507) 
This I believe to be a new inscription. It is as follows :— 
<x'jAd| j ajU aA, 
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“ The builder of this mosque was the Majlisu-l-majalis, the excellent 
Majlis, in the year of the Flight 913.” 
It was in this quarter that the author was born. In the quarter known 
as Cak Qarban All is the tomb of Ghulam Husain, author of the Riyazu-s- 
salatin, who died in 1233 A.H. or 1817. The chronogram, composed by 
‘Abdu-l-karim is (1233) Jle j “ The Munshi left the world.” 
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At page 137 the places of interest near English Bazar are noticed. The 
first is Ghaishpur, about two miles north north-west of the cutcherries. It 
is the residence of a family of Gosains, who came from Khurdha in Orissa. 
The author gives a genealogical tree of the family apd speaks of one Ahil 
Bihari as a distinguished member of it. 
At page 138, Nima Sara! and its tower or minaret are noticed, and then 
the town of Maldah is described. At page 130, there is a description of 
