1874.] H. Blochmann— Geography and History of Bengal. —No. II. 305 
No. 13. The Inscription from Husain Shah’s Mosque in Maldah. 
A. H. 914. 
The reading of this inscription is by Mr. Westmacott, who found the 
slab attached to a modern mosque in Maldah. 
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aJ aJUI t ail )As:' av0 ^JLu j <ulc aIJ) ^ ^*iJI J15 
♦* ♦♦ 
(I 
£d) ^UaluJ) ^ot^l ^ A &lxsc Uaj 
Ci 
. Jj 1 Jj vN> JJ JJ 
)i. 9 1 <SXw j] A.u 1 .ua.J} fckoi *.j| .-'Ail » LkijJ) 5 ^ 
.. ' j Ci/ ** V 7 • (j/ >• > > 
JO JO 
|J aA^X-mA j <Uv.vo ^ Ail) AL 
The Prophet, &c., &c., (as above). This Jami’ mosque was built by the exalted and 
honored king, ’Ala uddunya waddin Abul Muz affar Husain Shah, the 
king, son of Sayyid Ashraf, Al-Husaini—may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule ! 
'—in the year 914 [A. D. 1508]. 
No. 14. Inscription from Husain Shall s Mosque at Molnatali , Mdl- 
dah. A. H. 918. 
Mr. Westmacott found this inscription together with one of Nuqrat 
Shah (vide below No. 16) at Molnatali [Maulanatali ?], about a mile south 
of old Maldah, in a little mud hut. “ Both inscriptions,” he says, “ are 
placed side by side face upwards, on the ground, and are said to cover 
the grave of a Pir, called Sultan Shihabuddin, at which a lamp 
is kept burning. The people say, he left the throne and became a Eaqir. 
Could this be your Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah ?” 
jj jj jj jj jj jj <jj 
a1X« Uaj aJ aJJ! A, aIJ ,1j sc A . aaIc aU) \sO jJJ) !lji 
•* • ^ s * • r j ♦* l l c - u 
♦* H * 
^.jAJ)^ UIaJ) !a& l * AAs-^j ^ 
\JJ \JJ * JJ \jj 
aU) a!.^. l j c— a^<ai) (Sx*m ^jXaio .^.! ^.j| 
♦♦ 
II ajU*«o jjAc ^Uj IwulkJU^ 
The Prophet, &c., &c., (as above). This mosque was built by the exalted and honor¬ 
ed king ’Ala uddunya waddin AbulMuzaffar Husain Shall, the king, 
son of Sayyid Ashraf, Al-Husaini-—-may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule !—in the 
year 918 [A. D. 1512]. 
No. 15. Inscription from Baulat Hdzir’s Mosque at Bholdhdt. 
A. H. 923. 
The builder of this mosque, to judge from his name, was a Eunuch. 
Mr. Westmacott found the inscription at Bholahat, which lies near 
Gilabari, mentioned on p. 304, on the western bank of the Mahananda, 
below English Bazar. 
