1892.] 
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gaon for his tomb is there. This may have facilitated Saifuddin’s 
usurpation, or may have been accompanied by a division of the king¬ 
dom. Saifuddin reigned three years and seven months according to 
the Riyaz, and his slave, or adopted son, Shihabuddin reigned three 
years and four months. Reckoning 814 as the year of Grhyassuddin’s 
death, this brings us to 821. Bat this is too late, for Jalalluddin’s coins 
go back to 818. There must therefore be some mistake about the length 
of the reigns of Saifuddin and Shihabuddin. There is also the seven 
years’ reign of Rajah Kans to be accounted for, but I think we may 
well believe that part of it was contemporaneous with Shihabuddin’s 
reign, and part with that of Jalalluddin. The Riyaz tells us that when 
Rajah Kans was pressed by Sultan Ibrahim, he resigned the throne, and 
that his son Jadu was proclaimed king under the style of Jalalluddin. 
But when the Rajah heard that Ibrahim was dead, he resumed his power. 
May not the coin of 818 refer to the time when Jalalluddin became 
Sultan in his father’s lifetime ? He was a boy of twelve then, according 
to the Riyaz, so that the real power would remain with the father. 
The Riyaz mentions the tradition that Sultan Ibrahim died shortly 
after his retreat from Graur. This must be incorrect, for Ibrahim 
reigned till 844. It is curious that the Jaunpur annals do not say any¬ 
thing about the expedition of Ibrahim to Bengal. They tell us that 
Khwaja Jahan and his son Mubarak levied tribute from Bengal, and this 
fact and their apparently sudden deaths would make the story of the 
Riyaz square better with their reigns than with that of Ibrahim. But 
it is not likely that a mistake of names was made, especially as Bucha¬ 
nan also has the name Ibrahim. He, however, does not identify him 
with Sultan Ibrahim Sharqi, and describes him as being the grand¬ 
father of Husain Shah, and as having been put to death by Jalalluddin. 
This must surely be all wrong. 
Though Firishta does not say anything about Ibrahim Sharqi’s 
attacking Rajah Kans, he describes him as having set out on an expedi¬ 
tion against Delhi in 816, and as having returned to Jaunpur after 
making some marches.* Perhaps this is the occasion referred to in 
the Riyaz. Firishta also tells the story about Shihabuddin Qazi’s 
silver chair, so that there can be no doubt that the Ibrahim of the 
Riyaz is the Sultan of Jaunpur. Perhaps both Firishta and Grhulam 
Husain derived their information from the history of Bengal by Maho¬ 
med Qandahari, which unfortunately seems to be no longer in existence. 
# See also the Sharqi architecture of Jaunpur by Dr. Fiihrer, p. 7. Ibrahim 
made another expedition in 1435 A. D. (839) ibid 8. The Riyaz gives it as a rumour 
that both Ibrahim and Shihabuddin died shortly after their interview with Nur 
Qutb Alam. It is true that both died at about the same time, but this was long 
after Rajah Kans’ time. 
