1874.] 
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From this time tribute was regularly levied from the Raja without 
fresh opposition, and the country remained in peace and the people were 
happy and contented. 
While affairs were in this state, Bhandasi Rai, the Hindu commander 
of G’horag’hat applied to Isma’il for leave to build a fort on the frontier of 
the country, and his request was granted ; but as he envied his benefactor 
and wished to get rid of him, he deceived him and was at last the cause of 
his ruin. He sent a false information to the king saying that Isma’il had 
entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with the Raja of Kamrup, 
and intended to set up an independent kingdom. The infidel inflamed the 
king’s displeasure by every art of intrigue and insinuation, and ultimately 
succeeded in persuading him to despatch an armed force against the cham¬ 
pion of the holy faith. 
Isma’il at first determined to trust to his own valour, and succeeded in 
several times repulsing the king’s soldiers, but at last, as he desired to share 
his companions’ fate and to join them, he gave himself up. 
He was beheaded by order of the Sultan on Friday, 14th Sha’ban, 78 
[i. e. 878, or 4th January, 1474]. Before the execution, he had sent all 
his men away ; only Shaikh Muhammad, an old faithful servant, would not 
leave him, and he is the ancestor of the guardians of Isma’il’s tomb at Kan¬ 
ta Duar. When the head reached the king, he came to know the jealousy 
of the cunning Hindu and his own rashness and stupidity, and he burst into 
tears. He made arrangements to have it buried in the royal family vault; 
but Isma’il appeared to him and told him that the head was to be buried 
in Kanta Duar. 
IsmaiTs whole property was confiscated, and all his movables were 
sent both from Madaran and the district of G’horag’hat to court. The 
convoys of the treasures were, indeed, frightened by the appearance of Shah 
Isma’il, and wished to give him back all his wealth ; but the spirit told 
them that God’s favour was sufficient for him, and again disappeared to 
continue even after death the war with the infidels. Wherever the convoys 
halted on their way to court, a dargah arose. At last, the head was 
buried at Kanta Duar, and the body was interred at Madaran, and both 
places have since become famous resorts for pilgrims. Barbak Shah himself 
and his Begam visited Madaran and also Kanta Duar, and conferred on 
both tombs valuable gifts. 
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