1895 ] Sayyad Ildlil Bakhsh al Husairii Angrezabddi. 233 
Mus. Catalogue, I., 352. Sliaras is No. 25, in the biographies in the 
Majalis and the account begins at p, 826. 
The story of how ‘All Mubarak came to erect the shrine of Jalalu- 
d-dln is told in the Riyazu-s-salatin, pp. 94 and 95, and also in Ilahl 
Bakhsh, pp. 253 to 255. It has been translated by Blochmann, J. A. $. B., 
XL 11, pp. 252 and 253. The substance of Ghularn Husain’s account is 
as follows:— 
‘All Mubarak, the second of the independent kings of Bengal, 
was originally a servant of Malik Flroz, the nephew of the Emperor 
Ghiyasu-d-din Ta gh laq Shah, and consequently the cousin of Juna 
Khan Muhammad Shah. When the latter became Emperor (725) he 
made Malik Flroz his Lieutenant-Governor. Haji Ilyas, the foster 
brother of ‘All Mubarak, was “ wanted ” for some fault which he had 
committed, and ‘All Mubarak was called upon to produce him. ‘All 
Mubarak could not do so, and reported that he had absconded. Malik 
Flroz blamed him for the disappearance and bade him leave Delhi. ‘All 
Mubarak went oft towards Bengal, and on the way had an interview 
w T ith Hazrat Jalalu-d-din and implored his assistance. The saint was 
pleased and said, “We have given you the province of Bengal, but 
build a shrine for us.” ‘All Mubarak agreed, but asked where he should 
build it. The saint replied, “ In the city of Pandua, in a place where 
you will find three bricks, one over the other, 1 and under them, a fresh 
hundred-leaved rose.” s When he came to Bengal ‘All Mubarak entered 
the service of Qadr Khan, and eventually became his General. Fakh- 
ru-d-din revolted against Qadr Khan and killed him, but ‘All Mubarak 
thereupon assumed the title of Sultan and marching against Fakhru-d- 
din, defeated him and put him to death in requital of his having slain 
his benefactor. ‘All Mubarak now struck coins, &c., under the style of 
‘Alau-d-din, and in the intoxication of prosperity forgot his promise to 
the saint. The saint now appeared to him in a dream and said “ ‘Alau- 
d-din, you have become Sultan of Bengal, but you have forgotten my 
order.” Next day search was made and the bricks, &c., were found 
just as the saint had said. So the shrine was erected there in the very 
place where its traces now remain. 
In the Riyaz, the first interview with the saint is said to have taken 
place Gp and certainly this means in a vision or dream. But 
if, as the Pandua story is, Jalalu-d-din lived there till 738, the 
necessity for a miraculous vision does not appear. It seems to me that 
1 Probably what is meant is that the three bricks were set on end and leaning 
against one another. 
2 Though Gul sadbardk means hundred-leaved rose, Dr. King tells me it is 
the Bussorali or Damascene rose, and not the rose Rosa centifolia of Linnaeus. 
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