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H. Beveridge — The Khurshid JclIi an Ntima of 
[No. 3, 
“ Say quickly, ’Twas ‘Idu-l-fitr day.” 1 2 
The letters of the four last words give 743. 
According to Ferishta_, Bombay, ed. II, 737, four lines from top and 
743, 5 lines from bottom, Akhi Siraju-d-dln was the grandfather 2 of Nur 
Qutb, but perhaps he was only the spiritual father. Ferishta tells us that 
lie came to Delhi young and ignorant, and that Fakhru-d-dln Iradi (perhaps 
Zaradl), took him in hand and instructed him. 
According to Ilahl Bakhsh, the saint did not leave Delhi till three years 
after Nizamu-d-dln’s death, and consequently in 728 (1327), 
The two inscriptions of 916 referred to by Cunningham, 1. c. 71, are 
noticed by Ilahl Ba khsh . 
At page 217 the Jami‘ Masjid is described. This is the Jan Jan Miyan 
Mosque of Bavenshaw, 10. The author reads the inscription differently 
from Blochmann. 3 His interpretation says nothing about the builder being 
a lady. 
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Translation. 
The prophet (may the blessing and peace of God be upon him) has 
said, whoever builds a mosque for God, God will build for him similarly a 
palace in paradise. This mosque was built in the time of the King Abu-1- 
muzaffar Mahmud Shah son of Husain Shah (may God always preserve his 
rank) in 941 A.H. 
At page 222 we have a notice of Bahral where Nawab Siraju-d-dln 
daula was arrested through the instrumentality of Dan Shah, a faqlr. Dan 
Shah’s resting place or takiya, is there, and his tomb is a mile away, on the 
river bank. 
Ganga Rampur. This lies north-west from English Bazar at a distance 
of eight miles. It was a city in old times, and there are still traces of build¬ 
ings there. Hazrat Makhdum Shah Jalalu-d-dln Tabriz! had his Takiya 
there. The people there narrate to the effect that Rajah Laksmana Sena, 
the last Hindu King of Bengal, had his capital here. (This appears to be 
the Gangarampur mentioned by Cunningham, Archaeological Reports, Yol. 
1 This is an ingenious chronogram for it gives the day and month as well as 
the year of death, the ‘Idu-l-fitr occurring on 1st Shawwal immediately after the 
Ramzan. 
2 At page 85, 1. c., Cunningham incorrectly quotes Blochmann as saying that 
‘Alau-d-din was the son of Shaikh Akhi. See J. A 8. B., XLII, 261. 
3 J. A. S. B., XLI, 339. 
