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Our revered master, the teacher of Imams, the proof of the congregation, the 
sun of the Faith, the testimony of Islam and of the Muslims, who bestowed advantages 
upon the poor and the indigent, the guide of saints and of such as wish to be guided, 
passed away from this transient world to the everlasting mansion, on the 28th Zil 
Hijjah, a Monday, of the year 863, during the reign of the king of kings, the protector 
of the countries of the Faithful, Nagiruddunya waddin Abul Muzaffar 
Mahmud Shah, the king,—may God keep him in safety and security ! This tomb 
was erected by the great Khan, Latif Khan,-—may God protect him against evils and 
misfortunes ! 
XIII. Ruknuddi'n Abul Muja'hid BaTbak Sha'h. 
The histories agree in calling him the son of Na^ir Shah, i. e ., Mahmud 
Shah, and in assigning him a reign of seventeen years. The Riyaz says, 
seventeen, or sixteen; and the latter statement is evidently nearer the 
truth, as by the preceding inscription Barbak cannot have commenced to 
reign before 864. 
To judge from the Tribeni inscription published by me in this Journal 
for 1870, p. 290, it would appear that Barbak as prince was governor of 
south-western Bengal in 860 ; but the inscription styles him c Malik,’ not 
‘ Sultan,’ from which it is clear that he was no rebel. 
The following inscription, which Mr. E. V. Westmacott found in 
Dinajpur, is very valuable, as it proves that Barbak was king in the very 
beginning of 865. 
No. 11. The Barbak Shah Inscription of Dinajpur. 
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P * 
( ^ : f^cl 
**i> Jijj js. 
s jj 
JXf ) ^lA ji! p&xso ^UitA j 
O** w Sjj 
All] A-oJA yt-Al j ^;Ui) ^ f ^ 
)) ^-*A jQ. lal) ^ .x-sAj 
In tbe name of God the merciful and the clement! A victory from God and a 
near success, and announce it to the Faithful (Qor. LXI, 13). God is excellent as a 
protector, and He is the most merciful of the merciful (Qor. XII, 61). 
