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Sayyad Ilahl Ba Ichsh al Husairii AngrezUbadi. 
God builds similarly a palace for him in paradise. This mosque was built 
in the time of the pious and generous King Abu-bmuzaffar Husain Shah. 
The mosque was built by Abu Muhammad son of Aba ‘All, styled Majlisu-1- 
majalis (May God make him prosper both in this world and the next). 
The date of building is 14th Raj jab year—(The year is not given, as the 
portion of the inscription stone which contained the date is broken.) 
“The word of God is that mosques belong to God. The builder of this 
gateway was Kh an Jahan, 10th Zu-l-hijja 870.” 
There was a Kh an Jahan in Akbar’s time, but 970 (1563) seems too early 
for his being in Gaur, nor does one see why he should build a mosque or a 
gate there. 1 - See Blochmann’s Ain, No. 24, p. 330. Perhaps the 870 of 
Ilahl Bakhsh is right. We find the title Kh wajah Jahan in an inscription of 
■863. See Blochmann, J. A. S. B., XLI, p. 108. 
The Jami‘ Masjid, i.e., the Small Golden Mosque of Ravenshaw, is des¬ 
cribed, and we are told that it is also called the Khwajah’s mosque, and that 
the tradition is that it was built by a eunuch. The author gives the inscrip¬ 
tion, and notices that the corner which contained the year has been broken 
,away. See Cunningham, 1. c., 75. He also notices two stone tombs opposite 
the mosque which may be those of the builder of the mosque and some 
relative, but which the country people say are fictitious (naql) tombs. He 
gives the inscriptions on the tombs', but they appear to be only extracts 
from the Quran. See Cunningham, 1. c., 76. 
The tomb of a merchant named Asalat Khan Haft Qalml is noticed. 
It is said that he lived in the time of Sultan Shuja‘ and Nawab Jafar Khan, 
and that he could write in seven different characters. 
The Golden Mosque of Nasrat Shah is noticed. The inscription is now 
gone, but its date was 932 (1526). 
In noticing the place called Ramkhel, the author says that he has given 
an account of Sonaton in his Tazkirah (autobiography ?). 
The account of Gaur closes at page 211 with a plan of the ruins. 
At page 214 we have an account of Makhdum Shaikh Akin Siraju-d- 
<dln.2 We are told that he was the first Hindustani who was nominated as 
a saint by Nizamu-d-dln Auliya of Delhi. He came to Gaur as his mother 
lived there, but he was originally from Oude. Mr. Blochmann says he died 
in 758 or 1357, s but according to Ilahl Bakhsh he died on 1st Shawwal 743 
(1342). The chronogram of his death is— 
1 The inscription is in the Taghra character. I am not aware if this was used 
in Akbar’s time. 
2 Cunningham says I. c., p. 72, that this saint is best known by the name of 
Purana Pir, or the ‘ old saint,’ but the title given to him by Ilahl Bakhsh, p. 219, is 
Piranpir (equal to Pir-PIranan) or saint of saints, in allusion to the fact that Alau-1- 
haqq and others were taught by him. Ferishta gives him the title of Parwana 
(Inspector ?). 
3 J. A. S. B., XLII, 260. 
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