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Shah Madar, (16) Hadi Sahib. The names of the other two are not 
kuown. 
The shrine of Khwaja Kalan Danishmand is to the right side of 
that of the Makhdum Sahib the “ Martyr, ” and the shrines of his 
other nephews and of the Darvishes are hard-by. The shrines of 
Makhdum Saljub, Khwaja Kalan Danishmand, and Darvish Shah Yusuf 
are enclosed with walls; and lately a corrugated iron roof of octagonal 
shape has been put over them. Shamsu-d-Dln Tabriz! was Makhdum 
Sahib’s teacher. His tomb is enclosed with walls (4' 6'' high). Shah 
Yusuf was a companion ( ashdb ). Out of the waqf estate, a few acres 
are set apart for the expenses of lighting the dstdna of Shah Kheng- 
Sawar and for looking after it. This is done by a paid servant. 
Hindus and Musalmans make offerings to Darvish Shah Habibullah’s 
shrine. 
There are two ganj-i-shahidan (literally “ mart of martyrs, ” i.e. y 
two large pits, where a large number of martyrs were buried), besides 
the above tombs :— (1) by the side of the mosque—where respectable 
persons were interred, and (2) some ten rasis to the south of the 
mosque—where soldiers were buried, and where Makhdum Sahib himself 
was buried at first. The tombs have no inscriptions. 
The little water-pool, where the Makhdum Sahib’s sister perished 
is called Satl bibir khal (or the watery grave of the virgin lady). It 
lay close to the mosque. Pilgrims used to throw sugar and batasa, etc. 
into it to have their desires fulfilled. Owing to the encroachment of 
the river, the identical spot—where the virgin was drowned—cannot be 
ascertained. Consequently the practice of throwing sweetmeats has, 
of late, ceased. 
3.— The Place and the Population. 
The place is called Shahzadpur. after the title of Hazrat Makhdum 
Sahib, who was the Shahzada of Yaman. The Pargana Yusuf-Shahi. 
in which is situated Shahzadpur. is called so, after the name of the 
Makhdum Sahib’s companion “ Yusuf Shah ” l 
The population of the place is about ten thousand souls. The 
Muhammadans are half as much again as the Hindus. Of the three 
l Most of the mahals (revenue free estates) situated in Sirajganj, are small and 
many of them are reported to be connected with the history of the Makhdum 
Sahib, whose cubit was the unit of measurement in Pargana Yusufshahi, until the 
zamindars introduced short measures there.—Hunter’s Statistical Account of the 
Pabna District, Vol. IX, pages, 315-316. 
The cause of the agrarian disturbance of 1873 was owing to the zamindars of 
the Pargana Yusufshahi “ raising their rent rolls by decreasing the standard of 
measurement.”—Statistical Account, Pabna. 
