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was then distributed among the Brahmans. He hoped that the boy would 
thus return to his old faith. But as Jalal had been converted to Islam 
by a saint like Qutb ul ’Alam, he remained faithful to his new belief, and 
the talk of the infidels made no impression upon him. 
‘ Bajah Kans now again commenced to persecute the Muhammandans. 
When the measure of his cruelties was full, Shaikh Anwar, son of Qutb ul- 
’Alam, said one day to his father, “ It is a matter of regret that, with you 
as guardian saint, the Muhammadans have so much to suffer at the hand 
of this infidel.” The saint was just at his devotions, and angry at the 
interruption, he exclaimed, “ The misery will not cease till thy blood is shed.” 
Anwar knew that whatever his father said, was sure to come true; he, 
therefore, replied that he was a willing martyr # # The oppression of 
Bajah Kans reached the climax, when he imprisoned Shaikh Anwar 
and his brother’s son Shaikh Zahid. But as he dared not kill them, 
he banished them to Sunnargaon, in the hope that they would confess 
where Qutb ul ’Alam had buried his money and that of his father. But 
even though they were sent to Sunnargaon, and were much threatened, no 
money was found, because none had ever been buried, and Shaikh Anwar 
was ordered to be killed. Before his execution, he said that at such and 
such a place they would find a large pot. People dug and found a large 
vessel with only one gold coin in it. On being asked what had become of 
the other money, Anwar replied, “ It seems to have been stolen.” Anwar, 
no doubt, said so by inspiration from the unseen world. 
‘It is said that on the very day on which Shaikh Anwar died, Bajah 
Ivans went from his palace to the infernal regions. But according to the 
statement of some, he was killed by his son Jalaluddin, who, though in 
prison, had won over the officers. The oppressive rule of this monster had 
lasted seven years.’ 
X. JalaTuddi'n Abul Muzaffar Muhammad ShaTi. 
According to the histories, he is the son* of Bajah Kans. His real 
name is given in the Biyaz as ‘ Jadu,’ and by Firislitah as ‘ Jatmall’ or 
‘ Jaimall’—the MSS. differ. There is a place J atmallpu r, a little east 
of Dinajpur, and we may assume the first name to be correct. As the coins 
of Bayazid Shah go up to 816, and the coins of Muhammad Shah commence 
with 818, the latter year, or 817, must be the beginning of his reign ; and 
if he reigned for seventeen years, as stated in the histories, his reign may 
have lasted from 818 to 835, which agrees with the year on Marsden’s coin 
* Stewart supposes that he was the eldest son of the Rajah by a Muhammadan 
concubine. According to the Tabaqat and Firishtah, he reigned seventeen years, and 
died in 812 AJI. Stewart says, eighteen years. 
