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II. Blochmann— Geography and History of Bengal. [No. 3, 
has sent me a clear rubbing with the date distinct. I, therefore, republish 
it with a corrected translation. 
No. 23, The Muzaffar Shcth Inscription of Gangarampur. 
A. H. 896. (A. D. 1191.) 
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This mosque was built in the time (?) of the renowned saint, Maulana ’Ata— may 
God render his grave pleasant and may He make Paradise his dwelling place !—dur¬ 
ing the reign of Shamsuddunya wad din Abu 1-N a 9 r Muzaffar Shah, 
the king—may God perpetuate his kingdom and his rule ! Dated, A. H. 896. 
Mr. Bourke’s rubbing shews that the word sama.nmiah is cut into the 
second bar, which separates the third line from the second. Below the last 
line there is another line cut into the lowest bar ; but the letters are too 
small and partly broken to admit of a satisfactory reading. I can recognize 
the words ‘ Mulla Mubarak’ and mi’nidr, ‘ builder.’ 
Laidley has published a silver coin of this king, the legend of which is 
(vide J. A. S. B., Yol. XY, for 1816, PI. Y, No. 19)— 
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Margin. —Cut away. 
Reverse. —The Kalimah. Year, illegible. 
Margin —the four Khalifahs. 
The Honorable E. C. Bay ley is about to publish a gold Muzaffar Shahl, 
which seems to be of 896, A. H. 
Muzaffar Shah, according to the Riyaz, built a mosque in Gaur. 
General Cunningham has sent the Society a rubbing of another inscription 
from the Chhota Dargah (Nur Qutb ’Xlam’s Dargah) in Hazrat Panduah. 
It is, in point of execution, a very line inscription. 
No. 24. The Muzaffar Shah Inscription of Panduah . A. H. 898. 
Vide PI. VI, No. 2. 
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