1895.] 
199 
Sayyad Ildhi Ba/chsh al Husairii Angrezabadl. 
Ma'sum Saudagar’s mosque, in Mu gh al-tola. The inscription with the date 
974 (1566) is mentioned, but it is to be found in Ravenshaw, page 144. A 
shrine called Shah Gada is mentioned, where there is an inscription, dated 
911 (1505) which has been removed from some mosque. This inscription is 
given in J. A. S. B., XLII, p. 294, No. 27. 
At page 140 the Katrah is noticed, and the author follows the author of 
the Riyaz in considering this to be the Sarai of the Emperor Flroz Shall. 
He encamped at Maldah in 754 (1353) when he came to make war on Shamsu- 
d-dln Ilyas, and so the quarter is called Flrozpur to this day (See the Riyaz, 
page 96). 
Phuti Mas j id. This is the mosque called in Ravenshaw, page 44, the 
Fauti or Burial mosque. The real name, however, appears to be Phuti, i.e., 
the cracked or broken mosque. The inscription on it is given in Ravenshaw, 
page 780, or J. A. S. B., XLIII, p. 302, but Ilahl Ba khsh reads it somewhat 
differently from Mr. Blochmann. According to the former, the name of the 
builder is the Kh an Ma‘zam Ala gh Sher Dil Kh an, and the date is 20th 
Shawwal 900 (14th July, 1495). Near it is a tomb, which is probably that of 
the builder. 
Sir Bari or Cut-head. This is a shrine north of the Katrah, and west 
of the high road. People call it the shrine of the Plr of Maldah and give 
the name of Maldah specially to this place. Some say it is the shrine of a 
martyr, and some say that when Hazrat Anwar, the son of Nur Qutb, was 
put to death at Sonargao by order of Rajah Kans (Ganesh), his head 
arrived at this place. 
Mahalla Shank Mohan. In this quarter and west of the high road, there 
is a mosque built by Shaikh Faqlr Muhammad and his son Shaikh Bhlkah.' 
Over the door is an inscription, which must have formerly belonged to a 
mosque built in 876 (1471), in the reign of Yusuf Shah. This inscription is 
given in J. A. S. B., XLIII, p. 298, and is referred to by Cunningham in his 
Archaeological Report, XY, p. 78. But when Mr. Westmacott visited the 
place, it was impossible to obtain a clear reading. He thought the date to 
be 870. General Cunningham inclines to read it as 878. 
Ilahl Bakhsh’s copy was made at an earlier date, and when the inscrip¬ 
tion was in better order. His reading is as follows 
. j? ^ 
absq ^ aJ ai.li ^b ah ^b aAc ahf J'i 
i—bjb jSdaA] jjg] aRxj 
(some words are illegible), alilal a£lo ah | aiA^lkJLJf 
The Prophet of God (Blessing and peace be upon him) has said, £ Who¬ 
ever builds a mosque for God, God similarly builds a palace for him in 
Paradise.’ Under order of the sovereign who is sun of the world and of 
religion, Abu-l-muzaffar Yusuf Shah son of Barbak Shah son of Mahmud 
Shah (may God preserve his empire) this mosque was built on 1st Jamadiu-1- 
awwal, 870 A.H. 
