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The Prophet, upon whom he peace, has said, ‘ He who builds, &c. This mosque was 
built [in the time of ?] of the just king Saifuddunya waddin Abul Muzaffar 
Firuz S ha li, the king—may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule ! And the builder 
of this mosque is Majlis.namely Sa’id ..dated anno 8.. 
No. 7. The Firuz Shah Inscription from Q-arh laripd, Sherpur, Mai - 
mansingh District. 
The slab of this inscription is now in the Museum of the Society, and 
was received, as I stated above (p. 282) from Babu Hara Chandra Chaudliuri, 
of Sherpur. It is of granite and measures 4 ft. by 2 ft. ; but the letters 
are very unclear, and many are hopelessly broken away. The inscription 
seems to have belonged to a vault. In each corner of the slab is a square, 
containing the name of one of the first four Khalifahs ; the two squares on 
the left and those on the right are joined by vertical lines, but the letters be¬ 
tween each set of squares are illegible. The slab was entire ; but an ele¬ 
phant put his foot on it, and the right side of the stone broke in two. The 
inscription itself consists of four lines. I have deciphered the following—• 
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In the name of God, the merciful, the clement! There is no God but Allah, Mu¬ 
hammad is Allah’s prophet.there is no God but Allah,.Muhammad is Allah’s 
prophet.0 God, bless Muhammad, the elected, and ’All, the chosen, and Fatimah, the 
pure, and Hasan...and Husain. . built.the king of the age and the period 
Saifuddunya waddin Abul Muzaffar Firuz Shall, the king,—may God 
perpetuate his kingdom and his rule! This [vault?] was completed in the blessed.., 
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