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No. 14. The Yusuf Shah Inscription of Gaur. A.H. 885. 
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The Prophet, &c. &c., [as before]. This mosque was built in the reign of the king, 
the son of a king who was the son of a king, Shamsuddunya wad din Abul 
Muzaffar Yusuf Sliah, the king, son of B arbak Shah, the king, son of 
Mahmud Shah, the king. The mosque was built by the great Khan, the exalted 
Khaqan, * # # * * [not legible.] 
Dated, the 10th day of the blessed month of Ramazan, 885. 
A rubbing of another Yusuf Shahi Inscription has been received from 
Dr. J. Wise. Dr. Wise says—“ The inscription is from one of the four 
mosques which surround the tomb of Shah Jalal at Silhat. It is a fine 
Tughrd inscription, but unfortunately one-tliird of it has been built into the 
masonry, the slab forming the lintel of the door !” 
The inscription is— 
No. 15. The Yusuf Shah Inscription of Silhat. 
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#### Abul Muzaffar Yusuf Shah, son of B a r b a k Shah, the king, 
son of Mahmud Shah, the king—may God perpetuate his rule and kingdom! 
And the builder is the great and exalted Majlis, the wazir (dastur), who exerts 
himself in good deeds and pious acts, the Majlis i A’la—may God preserve him against 
the evils and * * 
To judge from Dr. Wise’s rubbing, the inscription, in point of beauty, 
ranges immediately after the Sikandar Shah inscription No. 8, mentioned 
above, and it would be well, if the Sar i gaum , ‘ the head of the clan,’ as the 
Mutawalli of the tomb is called, would take steps to have this beautiful 
inscription taken out of the masonry, and thus restore it to light and history. 
Dr. Wise has also sent the following interesting note on Shall Jalal. 
