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1873.] H. Bloclimann —Geography and History of Bengal. 
Tlie Habshi kings are Sultan Shahzadah, Firuz Shah, and Muzaffar 
Sliah. Mahmud Shah II. appears to belong to the old dynasty. 
XVII. Sulta'n Sha'liza'dali. 
(Barbak, the Eunuch.) 
The owner of this odd title reigned either two and a half months 
(Tabaqat and Firishtah), or perhaps eight months (Firishtah), or according 
to a pamphlet which the author of the Riyaz possessed, six months. He 
was murdered by 
XVIII. Saifuddi'n Abul Muzaffar FiTu'z Sha'h (II.). 
(Malik Indil Habshi.) 
He had been a distinguished commander under Fath Shah, and proved 
a good king. According to the histories, he died a natural death after a 
reign of three years, in 899,—a wrong date. The Riyaz says that a 
mosque, a tower, and a reservoir, in Gaur were built by him. 
The coin published by Marsden as belonging to this king, has been 
shewn by Mr. Thomas to belong to Firuz Shah Bahmanl. 
The following passage from Joao de Barros refers to either this 
king or Husain Shah :— 
‘ One hundred years before the Portuguese visited Cliatgaon, a noble Arab 
arrived there from ’Adan (Aden), bringing with him 200 men. Seeing the 
state of the kingdom, he began to form ambitious projects of conquest. 
Dissimulating his intentions, he set himself up as a commercial agent, and on 
this pretext added to his followers a reinforcement of 300 Arabs, thus rais¬ 
ing; his total force to 500 men. Having; succeeded through the influence of 
the Mandarijs , who were the governors of the place, in procuring an intro¬ 
duction to the king of Bengal, he assisted that monarch in subduing the 
king of Orisa, his hereditary foe. For this service he was promoted to the 
command of the King’s body-guard. Soon afterwards he killed the king, 
and himself ascended the throne. The capital was at this time at Gaur.’ 
The chronology of Firuz Shah II.’s reign may he fixed with the help 
of the following, apparently unique, coin, the original of which is in the 
British Museum. Col. Guthrie kindly sent the Society a cast, from which 
the woodcut below has been made. The coin gives the year 893 (A. D., 
1488). This year entirely agrees with the ascertained dates of Jalaluddin 
Fath Shah’s reign, and with the earliest ascertained year of Muzaffar Shah. 
Firuz Shah II., therefore, reigned from 893 to 895, or 890. The former, 
895, is perhaps preferable to 89G, because both Mahmud Shah and Muzaffar 
Shah reigned in 896. 
I. Firuz Shah II. Silver. No mint town. A. II., 893. (A. D. 
1488.) No margins. 
