1904.] Maulavi Abdul Wali —Archaeological remains in Rajshahi. 113 
respect. It is said, that Shall Daula was descended from the ‘Abbasi 
Khalifa, Harun-ar-Rashid of Ba gh dad. Shah Daula ran away from 
Ba gh dad, and married the daughter of ‘Ala Bakhsh Barkhurdar, Ja- 
girdar of Lashkarpur or Putiya. His family has been known as a half 
family, because according to the proverb “ a man is but half a man 
till he gets a wife"’ he came to Bengal alone or without a wife. 
The author of the Riyazu-s-Salatln states that Raja Kans, among 
his other tyrannical acts, had killed Shaikh Badru-l-Islam ‘Abbasi, 
owing to the latter not showing sufficient respect to him. Khundkar 
Fazl-i-Rabbi in his “ Origin of the Musalmans of Bengal,” and in the 
“ Tasdiqu-n-Nihad,” endorses this account, and states that Shaikh 
Badru-l-Islam was a disciple of the saint Nur Qutb-i-‘Alam, and that 
Sultan Ibrahim Sharql of Jaunpur came at the special request of the 
saint to punish Kans. As the founder of the Khundkar family of Bagha 
flourished during the reign of King Nusrat Shah in the beginning of 
the Sixteenth Century A.D., and Raja Kans reigned almost a century- 
and-a-half before that, either the fact stated is untrue, or the person said 
to be killed has not been identified. 
The income of the big aima Estate has been variously estimated. 
Mr. Adam, in his Report on Education, states that its income, accord¬ 
ing to the Collector of Rajshahi was Rs. 30,000. According to my 
information its income was over Rs. 18,000 per annum. As the estate 
is not well managed, its income must be of a fluctuating nature. 
Jn the earthquake of 1897, the Jami‘ Masjid was severely damaged. 
Its walls on three sides are still standing : the front or Eastern wall and 
the roof have fallen. During the famine of 1897 A.D., the Govern¬ 
ment began re-excavating the big tank as a relief measure, but it was 
stopped as the rains set in, and has not since been resumed. It is to be 
regretted that this ‘ fine mosque, one of the few handsome ancient build¬ 
ings in the District,’ should be allowed to remain in this dilapidated 
state, while there be an endowment of land for the maintenance of the 
same and other charitable works. 1 
A religious fair is held at Bagha to celebrate the ‘Id-i-Ramazan 
on the termination of the fastings. 
Part II.— Kusamba. 
“ The next Building I have to mention is the mosque at Kusamba 
in MandaThannah in the north of the District. It is of the same shape 
1 The mosque has been inspected by me on behalf of Government in October 
1903, and its restoration has been sanctioned. All the domes have fallen, but the 
walls are still fairly intact, with the exception of a portion of the Eastern facade. 
In all details, the mosque is almost a duplicate of the fa mousT anti para Masjid at 
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