804 H. Blochmann— Geography and History of Bengal. —No. II. [No. 3, 
No. 11. The Husain Shah Inscription from Saran. A.H. 909. 
This inscription was sent me by Mr. J. 11. Reid, C. S., A’zamgarh, N. 
W. Provinces.* 
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honoured king, ’Ala uddunya wad din Abul Muzaffar Husain Shah, the 
king, son of Sayyid Ashraf, Al-Husaini—may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule !— 
in the year 909 [1503-4], 
No. 12. The Husain Shah Inscription of 910 A. H .from Maldah. 
Mr. Westmacott found this inscription preserved in the mosque of 
MuQtafa Khan at Gilabari, Maldah. Gilabari is about five miles below 
English Bazar, on the western bank of the Mahananda. The mosque is 
built from materials taken from the ruins of Gaur, and the people say that 
the slab, too, which must have belonged to a gate, came from there. 
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Husaini—may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule !—in the year 910 [A. D. 1504-5]. 
* Mr. Reid also sent me a rubbing of a Husain Shah inscription from Isma’ilpur in 
Saran. The right hand half of the slab is wanting. The left portion is— 
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.namely the great and exalted king, and the victorious, liberal Imam, who exerts him¬ 
self against the enemies of God, who professes the true faith, who traces his descent from 
the Prophet of God.the Majlis ul-Majalis who is known as the “ Shower-heart” [i. e. 
the liberal]—may his generosity last to the day of judgment and endure till the truth 
comes to him ! In the month of the Prophet, Sha’ban, 906 [March, 1501]. 
The month of Sha’ban is often called ‘ the month of the Prophet,’ just as Rajab is 
called shoJir ullah, ‘ the month of God,’ 
