1892.] 
II. Beveridge —Rajah Kdns. 
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to be with the morning light: he informed us how, on the 12th current, 
at night, he left the ship Diamond ashore, with her head at Buflilo 
point,* but in little danger, being taken care for by Captain Heath, and 
supposeth she got off with the flood then coming in.” After this Char- 
nock and the Council set sail and reached Ballasore. And on the 18th 
“ the ship Recovery arrived in the Road, from the Braces, bringing news 
of the ship Diamond's being in safety.” I think it likely that the 
Diamond Sand got its name from this incident, the more so as, accord¬ 
ing to Sir H. Yule, Herron, the Captain of the Diamond, was the author 
not only of the earliest instructions printed in detail for the navigation 
of the river Hugli, “ but probably also of the earliest chart of it that 
has any claim to quasi-scientific character.” 
Rajah Kans.—By H. Beveridge, C. S. 
The publication by our Society of the Riyazussalatin is a valuable 
contribution to the history of Bengal. It is to be hoped that it will 
lead to the discovery and publication of the sources of that work. For 
though Glhulam Husain’s book was the foundation of Stewart’s History 
of Bengal, he is too recent a writer for his statements to be of authority, 
except when he is quoting from a risalah, or little book, by some 
unknown author, or is giving the local traditions of Dinajpur and 
Maldah. It is a pity that so little is known about Ghulam Husain. 
He was a native of Zaidpur in Oudh, and was Dak Munshi under Mr. 
George Udny, the Commercial Resident at Maldah. He died there, and 
his tomb is still shown. 
We owe to Ghulam Husain the fullest account that we possess of 
the Hindu whom he and other Muhammadan writers are supposed to 
designate by the name of Rajah Kans. I hope to show later on that 
his real name was Ganes, and that the early Muhamedan historians 
probably wrote his name as Gans or Ganes. Ghulam Husain represents 
Rajah Kans as a cruel and bigoted tyrant. He describes him just as 
a worshipper of Krishna would describe Rajah Kamsa of Mathura, and 
no doubt allowance must be made in both cases for religious prejudices. 
But, cruel tyrant or not, Rajah Kans is the most interesting figure 
among the kings of Bengal. We feel that this obscure Hindu, who 
rose to supreme power in Bengal, and who for a time broke the bonds of 
Islam, must have been a man of vigour and capacity. He reminds us 
of the unfortunate Hemu who opposed Humayun. Ghiassuddin, one of 
* At the north edge of the Diamond Sand. 
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