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The Prophet, &c., &c., (as before). This mosque was built in the reign of the exalted and 
honored king ’Ala uddunya waddin Abul Muzaffar Husain Shah, the 
king, son of Sayyid Ashraf, Al-Husaini—may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule 
and elevate his condition and dignity ! Its builder is Daulat Nazi r,—may his honor 
continue !—in the year 923 [A. D. 1517.] 
Na'siruddi'n Abul Muzaffar Nusrat Sha'h. 
(Twenty-second king.) 
The year of Nu 9 rat Shah’s* accession still remains doubtful; but it is 
now certain that his death took place in the middle of 939 A. H., or about 
January, 1533. 
The histories state that Husain Shah died in 927 ; but the last ascert¬ 
ained date is 925. The Nuqrat Shah inscriptions hitherto published, in¬ 
cluding those given below, are of 929, 930, 933, 935, 936, 937, 938. For 
the year 939, we have (1) the coins of his son Firuz Shah (III), who is 
said to have reigned three months ; (2) a Firuz Shah inscription of Hama - 
zan, 939 ; and (3) the coins of his uncle Mahmud Shah (vide pi. XIII, No. 
10 ); hence Nuqrat Shah must have died in the middle of 939. 
As explained by me in Journal for 1873, p. 297, Nu 9 rat Shah’s coin¬ 
age shews the early dates 922, 924, 927, and I shall enumerate below new 
varieties of his coinage from the specimens preserved in the Society’s cabinet. 
No. 16. The JSfugrat Shah Inscription from Bath Khan's JKosgue, 
JSIaldah , A. H. 930. 
The following inscription was found by Mr. Westmacott together with 
No. 14, given above, at Molnatali, over the grave of £ Sultan Shihabuddin.’ 
It refers to a mosque entrance built by one Fatli Khan. 
* I find that Babar calls this king by his correct royal name, not Na 9 ib Shah. Vide 
Dowson, IV, 260; also Akbarnamah, 1,160. 
Babar was Nu 9 rat ShalTs contemporary. Another renowned contemporary was 
Chaitanya, the son of a Silhat brahman, who founded the sect of the Vaishnawfs (Boisli- 
tobs). According to Bengali accounts, Chaitanya was born in Nadiya, to which place his 
father had removed, in 1485, i. e. during the reign of Fatli Shall. 
