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H. Blochmann— Geography and History of Bengal. [No. 3, 
Thus it seems that he died in A. H. 912. Dr. Wise says— “ No one 
here has heard of the name of this pious man. The neighbourhood of these 
mosques is very old. Qadam Rasul (the ‘ Footprint of the Prophet’), a 
famous place of pilgrimage, on a mound some sixty feet high, is a little 
to the north-west. Gangakol Bandar is on the west, and across the Lak’hya 
River is Khizrpur with the ruins of what I believe was the residence of Tsa 
Khan, mentioned in the Ain i Akbari.” 
A third mosque built by Baba Salih is in ’Azimnagar, District Dhaka. 
No. 19. The Baba SaliJis Inscription of ’ Azimnagar . 
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The Prophet—may God bless him !—says, ‘ Mate quick the prayer before the 
end, and hasten the naubat before death. This blessed mosque was built by the 
exalted, liberal Malik, Baba Salih, and the building was completed on the first 
Muharram 910 [or 901,—the numbers are uncleai’]. 
No. 20. The Bath Shah Inscription on Adam Shahid's Mosgue at 
Bikrampur (Dhaka District ). A. TI. 888. 
General Cunningham and Dr. J. Wise have each sent rubbings of this 
inscription. 
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God Almighty says, &c., [as above]. This Jami’ Masjid was built by the great 
Malik, Malik Kafur, in the time of the king, the son of the king, Jalaluddunya 
waddin Abul Muzaffar Fath Shah, the king, son of Mahmud Shah, the 
king, in the middle of the month of Kajab, 888, A. H. (August, 1483, A. D.) 
Dr. Wise writes as follows— 
‘ The Masjid of Adam Shahid is in Bikrampur at a village called Qazi 
Qa 9 bah ; within two miles of Ballalbari, the residence of Ballal Sen. Mr. 
