248 
H. Blochmann —Geography and History of Bengal. [No. 3, 
* J, 
UJ 
^jUJ) ^Ala^J) * * * # <uJ^«5 
" ^ w 
V* J| yA 45 aJU'I JcSl 
yj yJ 
All) cjk A ~£t_ 
) | aA.$.A.W; • « 
- > Cl/" > 
This Jami’ Mosque was built during the reign of the great Sultan, the owner of 
the necks of nations, the master of the princes of the Turks and the Persians, the lord 
of the crown and the signet, Ruknuddunya waddi n [Kai Kau]s Shah, the 
king, son of a king who was the son of a king, the right hand of God’s Viceregent, the 
helper of the Commander of the Faithful, and during the governorship of the great 
Khan, the exalted Khaqan, Ikhtiyar ul haq waddin, the Khan of the Khans of the 
East and of China, the second Alexander, Firuz Aitigin Sultan, (may God perpe¬ 
tuate his rule !) ## [by] the victorious, the invincible, the champion, Ziyauddaulah 
waddin Ulugh Khan, may God perpetuate his rule and increase his benefits! 
On the 1st day of Muharram, of the year 697. [19th October, 1297]* 
* This inscription contains what Mr. Thomas calls an unusual reiteration of the 
words ibnu sultanin ibni sultan , which is perhaps more unusual on coins than on 
inscriptions. But the spirit of pride that breathes in the words is apparent, when we 
compare with it the legend of the coins struck in Tirhut by the rebel Bahadur, 
given in Badaoni II, p. 298. 
In Raziyali’s Bengal coinage (Thomas, Chronicles, p. 107), I read for which 
has no sense, mumiddatu , ‘ the helper,’ the same as ^cli. ‘ Razivah’ stands for 
‘ Raziyat unnisa,’ i. e. one who among women is looked upon with favour. 
I also take this opportunity to give my reading of the Nagiruddin Mahmud In¬ 
scription, published by Mr. Thomas in his Chronicles, p. 129, an inscription which in 
style is similar to the above Kai Kaus inscription. General Cunningham has favored 
the Society with a rubbing of it. 
^UaLJf AxU/C ^9 jjjUjJf J 
•—^4 /0 CIA]/ i 2 IxJixfl 
2 A^l/0 a 1J( ; | y£ll^o ^9 j l i-x. 
J O-^ 1 f&et (JW\ lJAJ\ J.K lj aj&JL, 
^9 AaJU/o a1)Ij| ^»(jf ^5 f j 
n j j Jj) 
‘ This building was erected during the reign of the great Sultan, the owner of 
the necks of nations, Naijiruddunya waddfn, the king of kings, who protects 
the people of the Faith, the heir of the kingdom of Solomon, the lord of the signet in 
the kingdom of the world, Abul Muzaffar Mahmud Shah, the son of the king 
(may God perpetuate his rule and kingdom !), by order of the learned and great Malik & 
A’zam Qutlugh Khan Bahaulhaq waddin, the Malik of the Maliks of the 
Eastern Provinces and China, B alb an the Shamsi [slave of Shamsuddm Iltitmish] 
during the period of his governorship, may his high qualities endure ! On the 10th 
Rajab, 652,’ 
From this it will be seen that A’zam Qutlugh Khan (Balban) does not call himself 
Malik ul * Adam ‘ the Malik of the world,’ but almalik ul ’dUm, * the learned Malik.’ 
