284 H. Blochmann —Geography and History of Bengal —No. II. [No. 3, 
the khalsa portion only amounted to Rs. 33, whilst Rs. 19,799 were jagir 
lands. # 
The original Muhammadan proprietors of Mahall Daskahania, accord¬ 
ing to Babu Hara Chandra Chandhuri, were the Ghazi family, of which 
Dr. J. Wise has given a biographical account; and it is believed that Sher¬ 
pur was so called after Slier ’All Ghazi, the last of the Ghazi family, a 
tyrant, who caused one Ram Ballabh Mazumdar, a ‘ muharrir’ of the 
Qaniingo Daftar to be brutally murdered. Sher ’All in consequence of this 
crime forfeited his estate, which was made over to Ramnith Chaudhuri, the 
youthful son of Sher ’All’s victimf and the first of the Nandi Zamindars 
of Sherpur. 
Tradition ascribes the first settlement of Muhammadans in Sherpur to 
‘ Majlis Shamua,’ or ‘ Humayun Shah,’ a nephew of ‘ the king.’ Majlis Sha¬ 
mua seems to have gone to Daskahania to reclaim waste lands ; for he was to 
receive as many cowries as would fill two baskets for every basket load of 
earth he removed. Majlis Shamua settled at a place where a man of the 
name of Jaripa resided. Some time after, the king heard that his nephew 
did not act according to his command, and called him to account. Instead 
of replying, Majlis Shamua, who was skilled in magic, had his head cut off 
and sent in a wallet to the king. The bearer, against orders, opened the 
wallet on the road ; and when the head was brought to the king, it said 
nothing, but only laughed. 
According to another version, the king’s nephew came with troops and 
workmen. On arrival at Garb Jaripa, which was then dense jungle, they 
found a man of the name of Jaripa half buried in the ground. The man 
would only leave his place on being assured that the fort which was to be 
erected, should be called after him, and the spot has ever since borne the 
name of Garb Jaripa, or Garjaripa. Some time after, the king sent an army 
to Garb Jaripa to capture his rebellious nephew. Despairing of his life, he 
committed suicide, and the head was sent to the king. 
I take this opportunity to mention the Dargah of Shah Kamal. West 
of Sherpur Town, across the Brahmaputra and north-west of the rising 
station of Jamalpur, lies Durmut, and near it, the shrine of a holy man 
of the name of Shah Kamal.]; I mentioned the Dargah to Dr. J. Wise, 
who soon after sent me an English translation by Mr. Donough, Dep. 
Magistrate of Jamalpur, of a historical pamphlet in Bengali, which contains 
Shah Kamal’s history and an account of the miracles he wrought. From 
Mr. Donough’s sketch it appears that Shah Kamal came in 910 B. S., or 
* Grant, Vth Report, p. 365. He mentions Benodnarain zannndar. 
f Sherpur Bivaran, I, p. 155. Ram Nath’s son, Srigopal Chaudhuri was alive in 
1071 B.S., or 1664 A.D. 
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