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God Almighty says, ‘ Yerily, the first house that was founded for men, is the one in 
Bakkah [Makkah], blessed, and a guidance to all beings. In it are clear signs : the 
place of Abraham, and who entered into it, was safe, and God enjoined men to visit 
it, if they are able to go there ; but whosoever disbelieves, verily God is independent 
of all beings. [Qor. Ill, 90 to 92.) 
In this Sufi building the tomb of the pole (qutb) of poles was built, who was slain 
by the love of the All-Giver, the Shaikh of Shaikhs, Hazrat Nurul H a q waslishara’, 
Sayyid Qutb ’Ala m—may God sanctify his beloved secret, and may God illumi¬ 
nate his grave ! This house was built in the reign of the just, liberal, learned king, 
the help of Islam and the Muslims, Shamsuddunya wad din Abul-Nacr 
M u z a ff a r Shah, the king, may God perpetuate his kingdom and rule, and may He 
elevate his condition and dignity ! This house was built during the khilafat* of the 
Shaikh ul-Islam, the Shaikh of Shaikhs, son of the Shaikh of Shaikhs, Shaikh 
Muhammad Ghaus—may God Almighty ever protect him! 
Dated, 17th Ramazan, 898. [2nd July, 1493.] 
Nur Qutb ’A'lam was mentioned above among the Saints of Panduah. 
The Husaini Dynasty. 
On Muzaffar Shah’s death in 899, ’Alauddin Husain Shah, son of Sayyid 
Ashraf, usurped the throne. Of the reign of no king of Bengal—perhaps of 
all Upper India before the middle of the 10th century—do we possess so 
many inscriptions. Whilst the names of other Bengal kings scarcely ever 
occur in legends and remain even unrecognized in tire geographical names of 
the country, the name of “Husain Shah, the good,” is still remembered from 
the frontiers of Orisa to the Brahmaputra. 
J have treated of the chronology of the reigns of Husain Shah and his 
successors in my article, “ On a new king of Bengal, &c.,” published in the 
Journal, for 1872, Pt. I, pp. 331 to 310, and according to that paper, we 
have— 
# The reign, if I may say so, of a spiritual teacher. 
