1904.] Maulavi Abdul Wali —Archaeological remains in Uajshahi. Ill 
which the Jami‘ Masjid and the big tank of Bagha are sitnated formed 
a part of the Pargana Lashkarpur, which again according to the Aln-i- 
Akbari was included within the administrative jurisdiction of Sarkar 
Barbakabad. The Q.asba-i-Ba gh a is situated in Bilmaria (or Lalpur) 
Police Circle, under Hator Sub-division, to the South-east of Rampur- 
Boalia. According to the Statistical Accounts of Rajshahi, the Muham¬ 
madan rent-free tenures and aimas are most numerous in the police 
thanas of Bilmaria and ISTator. 
The following is the Arabic text of the inscription in beautiful 
Tughra Character— 1 
ojo &Uf hWt j AU| Juj Jj (1) 
I M 
ijflaJLJl |J (2) 0>dlLJ| di.X'Jf ^9 
# j ^9 A'lhlvj j dtJJ| <n1A, 
t* 
Translation. 
The Prophet, upon whom be blessings and peace, says—“ He who 
maketh a Masjid for God on earth, will have an abode made for him by 
God in Heaven like it.” This Cathedral mosque was built by the 
exalted and benevolent Sultan, the Sultan son of a Sultan, Nasiru-d- 
Dunya wad-Din, Abu-1-Muzaffar Husrat Shah the Sultan, son of Sultan 
Husain Shah-al-Husain!,—May God perpetuate his kingdom and rule,— 
in the year 930 (A.H). 
Sultan ‘Ala’uddin Husain Shah, who was a contemporary of the 
Delhi Emperor Sikandar L5di, was succeeded by his son Abu-l-Muzaffar 
Nasiru-d-Din Nusrat Shah. The latter reigned from A.D. 1518 to 
1532, corresponding to A.H. 925 to 939. During the reign of this 
monarch, in the year 930 A.H. or 1523-4 A.D., the beautiful Masjid 
at Bagha was constructed and a tank excavated. Hot far from Bagha, 
at Makhdumpur, lived at that time ‘Ala Bakhsh Barkhurdar Lashkari: 
the ruins of his house can still be seen. He was at once a great man 
and a Royal Jagirdar of Pargana Lashkarpur, which yielded an 
annual income of Rupees three lakhs and sixty thousand. This Jagir he 
had received from Husain Shah. 
About this time came from Ba gh dad Maulana Shah Mu‘azzam 
Danishmand, 3 who is known by his more familiar name Shah Daula. 
He married Zibu-n-Hisa, daughter of the Jagirdar. Their son was 
1 The inscription is in 3 lines, 24 £ inches long, and 5£ inches broad. 
3 The Persian titles ‘ Danishmand ’ and ‘ Shah Daula, ’ clearly show that the 
Maulana did not come direct from Baghdad, where only Arabic titles are used. 
