1S74.] H. Bloclimann —Geography and History of Bengal. —No. II. 293 
of bis grandson and son Firuz Shall (HI) and Mahmud Shah (III). There 
are several Husainabads near Gaur, and it is probable that Husainabad stands 
for ‘Gaur.’ Mr. Westmacott* is inclined to identify it with the Husain¬ 
abad which lies eleven miles east by south from English Bazar, and 5^ miles 
south by west from Chatra. 
I may mention that Marsden and Laidley read “ Jannatabad,” instead 
of u Husainabadbut on careful examination it will be found that 
4 Husainabad’ is the correct reading; nor is there any historical evidence 
to shew that Gaur had the euphemistic name of Jannatabad before Huma- 
yiin’s time. 
(3.) Several new varieties of Nugrat Shah’s coinage, one struck in 
930 A. H. at Nugratabad, a mint town which only appears on Nu^rat Shah’s 
coins. Unless the name stands, like Husainabad, for some place near Gaur, 
it may refer to the Nu^ratabad, which Abulfazl gives under Sirkar G’hora¬ 
g’hat. In fact, it seems as if Nucratabad stood for G’horag’hat itself; 
for Abulfazl does not mention the town and Haweli of G’horag’hat, but 
gives only Baldah Nucratabad. 
(4.) A silver coin of Mahmud Shah (III), unique as far as the date 
is concerned, the property of Col. Hyde. Its date, 939 A. H., or 1533, 
shews that the death of Nu£rat Shah, the accession and murder of Firuz 
Shah (III),f and Mahmud Shah’s accession all took place in 939. We 
have, therefore, to fix Mahmud Shah’s reign from 939 (end) to 944, instead 
of 940 to 944, as given in my former Essay. 
I now give my readings and translations of the above named inscrip¬ 
tions and coins. 
Shiha'buddi'n Abul Muzaffar Bughra' Sha'h. 
(Great-Grandson of the Emperor Balban.) 
For the reign of this king I have only to give the coin mentioned 
above. 
1 . Vide PI. XIII, No. 1, and Thomas, 4 Chronicles,’ PI. YI, No. 4. 
Silver. Weight, 166*97 grains. Lak’hnauti. A. H. 718. As. Socy. Bengal. 
Obverse— 
Margin- ^ ^ nvi ^ p ^ 1 
*♦ H 
Reverse— 
Obverse —The Imam al-Musta’ 9 im, Commander of the Faithful. 
Margin —This silver piece was struck in Lak’hnauti, the capital, in 718. 
Reverse —The great Sultan, Shiliab uddunya waddin Abul Muzaffar Bughra Shah. 
Vide also Journal, As. Socy. Bengal, Pt. I, 1873, p. 250. 
* Calcutta Review, 1874, p. 430. The Ain given a parganali Husainabad in 
Sirkar Audambar (Tandah); vide also Journal, A. S. B., for 1870, Pt. I, p. 295. 
f Journal, A. S. B., 1873, p. 298. 
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