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Westmacofct —The Dincijpdr Barbate Shah Inscription. [No. 9> 
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This is the picture of the seal of prophetship which was between the two 
shoulders of Muhammad Mustafa—may God bless him ! 
4 As door steps to the mosque and to the enclosure surrounding the 
grave are pieces of hewn stone, similar pieces lying close by ; they are more 
or less carved and appear to be parts of doorways. Such stones are common 
in all parts of the district, and are said by tradition to have been brought 
from Bannagar, near Debkot. They are similar to the remains of Gour and 
Poroowa [Panduah]. On the south side of the path is the female portion 
of a ling , of large size, a queer ornament for the premises of a Mahomedan 
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saint. 
4 The mosque is somewhat ruinous, the roots of plants are tearing it in 
pieces. I think that it is of greater antiquity than most in the district, 
from the strength of the brick arches, the workmanship of the dome, and the 
fact that the hewn stones which are built into the inner side of each 
archway, have been cut to fit their places, although bearing marks of clamps 
to show they have been taken from another building. 
4 Three archways, twenty-eight inches wide and nearly six feet high, lead 
into a vestibule twelve feet by five and a half, at each end of which a similar 
archway opens to the north and south. Three more archways lead into a 
chamber, twelve feet square, surmounted by a dome, now cracked in several 
directions. In the west wall are three niches, and two small archways on 
the north and south lead into the open air. On the inner side of each of 
the ten archways, a little below the spiring of the arches, hewn stones, six 
or eight inches thick, are carried through the whole thickness of the wall 
which is three feet through. It is unusual in Dinagepore to find that the 
workmen have dressed the stone as they have here. 
4 It is usual to build them in just as they are, often with most incongru¬ 
ous Hindoo carvings upon them.’ 
Regarding the 44 seal of prophetship,” it is said in the Madarij- 
iinnubuwwat by ’Abdul Haq of Dihli, that the seal between the shonlders of 
the Prophet was a thing raised above the surrounding parts of his blessed 
body, resembling the body in colour, smoothness, and brightness. And it is 
stated in the Mustadrih that Walib ibn Munabbih said that no prophet was 
sent on earth that had not the sign of prophetship on his right hand, except 
the Prophet, who had the sign between the shoulders. Shaikh Ibn Hajar 
in his commentary to the Mishkat says that the seal contained the words 
AlJfj, “and God is one, He has 
no associate; pay attention wherever thou art, for thou art victorious.” 
