1874.] H. Blochmann— Geography and History of Bengal. —No. II. 281 
Muzaffar Shah’s death took place before the middle of 899, unless we sup¬ 
pose that the manner of the warfare, as carried on in those times, did not 
prevent people from erecting mosques in the immediate neighbourhood of 
the camp of a besieging army. 
The inscription of 907 (A. D. 1501-2) belongs to a Madrasah, built 
by Husain Shah in commemoration, as it appears, of his conquest of Kama- 
ta and Kamrup. The inscription is, therefore, a contemporaneous record 
of Husain Shah’s conquests, and confirms the Asam Buranji, which refers 
the conquest of Kamrup to 1498, i. e. 903-4 A.H The particulars given 
in the ’Alamglrnamah and the Kiyaz-ussalatm regarding this expedition, 
the result of which was the temporary annexation of Kamrup to Bengal, 
have been given in former numbers of the Journal. # The Asam chronicle 
mentions ‘ Dalai Glu.zi, son of Husain Shah’, as the fii^t governor of Kam¬ 
rup. He is, no doubt, Danyal, Husain Shah’s eldest son, whom Delhi 
historians mention as having been delegated in 901 by his father to meet 
Sikandar Lodi in Bihar, and who built, immediately before the Asam expe¬ 
dition. the dome of Shah Nafah’s shrine in Munger.f Danyal, or Dalai, 
perished, according to the ’Alamglrnamah, soon after in Asam. According 
to the Asam Buranji, he was succeeded by ‘ Musundar Gfhazi,’ whose name 
has not yet been identified. Musundar, in his turn, was succeeded by Sul¬ 
tan Ghiyasuddin. His name is the same as that of Husain’s son who in 
939, as we shall see below, succeeded his nephew under the name of Ghiyas- 
uddin Mahmud Shah (III). But they may be different persons, as is in 
fact implied in the following extract from an essay, entitled ‘ Ancient 
Assam,’ in the ‘ Calcutta Review,the author of which has not speci¬ 
fied his source “ ’Alauddin Husain’s march into Asam does not seem 
to have extended beyond Tezpur; and though he succeeded in demo¬ 
lishing the capital, he was ultimately repulsed by the Barah Bhuiyas,§ and 
was obliged to content himself with his possessions in Kamrup. He re¬ 
turned to his capital, after having appointed his son-in law , Nawub Dalai 
Ghazi to the government of the province. On Dalai’s death, his imbecile 
son [Musundar ?] was superseded by Sultan Ghiyasuddin, who received his 
commission from the court of Gaur. This prince introduced a colony of 
* Journal, A. S. Bengal, 1872, pp. 79, 335; do., 1873, p. 240. 
f Journal, A. S. B., 1872, p. 335. 
£ Calcutta Review, 1S67, Vol, XLV, p. 528. 
§ Dr. J. Wise has now defined the status of the Barah Bhuiyas in Bengal. What 
their position in Asam was is not yet quite clear. 
In Benaudha, too, (Gorak hpur and surrounding districts) we find “ twelve Rajas (one 
Muhammadan inclusive) who comprised one Paut, and were considered to have common 
interests vide Elliot’s Races, by Beames, II, 39. 
Elliot’s list includes the Ujjainiyah Rajas of Dumraon in South-Western Bihar. 
