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Notes on several Arabic and Persian Inscriptions. [No. 3, 
and the Mujawirs were unanimous in declaring that saints did 
miracles even after death. 
Gaur. 
The Arabic inscriptions on PI. IV and V refer to the building of 
a mosque in Gaur by one Sikandar Khan, in A. TI. 925, or 1519, 
A. D., during the reign of Husain Shah, king of Bengal ( vide Journal, 
1870, Pt. I, p. 301, foot note). 
The slabs were lately sent to the Indian Museum, Calcutta ; they 
measure about 3 ft. by 1^-, and are of basalt. 
PL IV merely contains a verse from the Qoran (Qoran, Sur. IX, 
18, and Journal for 1870, Pt. I., p. 293). Plate V has the follow¬ 
ing— 
aJJ| b 
# <Us^|^3 bbj &f&U| 
W «< H ' !• | 
UWiyU (sic) ^(kLJl ^ 4-^3 | |5.a 
« •• f ■ 
U <5uu.jt.~jj 
The prophet (may God bless him!) says, c He who builds a mosque for God, 
will have a house built for him by God in Paradise.’ 
This mosque was built in the reign of ’Alauddunya wad-din Abul Muzaffar 
Husain Shah, the king,—may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule. The 
builder of it is Sikandar Khan. Dated A. H., 925, or 1519, A. D. 
In the upper right hand corner of PI. V are the words yd fattdh , 
1 0 Opener!’ and to the left, ya. wahhab , 1 0 Giver I’ 
PI. IV has on the top three circles with the words, yd allah , 0 
God, yd fattdli , 0 Opener, and ^-jAj b yd budduh ; and below them, 
two circles with yd subbuh, 1 0 praiseworthy one,’ and yd quddus, 0 
holy one. 
The words yd budduh require an explanation. The word ^j 
budduh is not found in our dictionaries, nor among the 1 ninety-nine 
beautiful names of God.’* But it often occurs on amulets, and is 
* According to a tradition related by Abu Hurairah, God has 99 names, and 
he who reads them will enter paradise. The names are called asmd i husna, 
or ‘ beautiful names,’ and are given in all prayer books. There also exist 99 
epithets of Muhammad, ’AH, and Fatimah. Even for saints tables of 99 names 
have been prepared. I have a MS. in which ’Abdul Qadir Gilani, Mu’inuddm i 
Chisliti (the patron-saint of India), Farid i Shakkarganj (buried in Pak Patan, 
Panjab), and Nizamuddin Aulia of Dihli, get each 99 names. 
