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as Na^iraddin Mahmud Shah (I) of Bengal, care is to he taken not to 
confound the two.* 
lire first of the following three inscriptions belonged to a mosque 
which stood opposite to the Clihota Takyah, on the opposite bank of the 
Adyanadi, in Bihar. The mosque has disappeared ; only a large square 
stone platform is left, where the slab was found. 
The second and third inscriptions belonged to the ruinous Paharpur 
Jami’ Masjid. 
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In the name of God, the merciful and the clement. He upon whom be peace 
(the Prophet) says—“ He who builds a mosque for God, for him will God build a 
house in Paradise. 
1 . By divine grace and for the sake of Mu<jtafa [the Prophet], the Jum’ah 
mosque was built in the reign of the faith-nourishing king 
2. Shah Mahmud, son of Ibrahim the Just, a king who takes realms from 
kings, (and) gives beggars tribute. 
3 . The builder of this mosque is the great lawyer, who is pure in nature, the 
beloved of the Prophet and of Murtaza (’AH), 
4 . The chief and the centre of the world, the perfect Sayyid, with whom realm 
and faith, religion and the royal house, take refuge, 
5. (Who) ordered this building (to be erected), he the best in the Eastern 
(Jaunpur) kingdom, the Jagfrdar ( muqti ’), the lord of this district, Naqr ibn i Baha. 
6 . This building in Bihar is stronger than the portico of Kisra; it is a Ka’bah 
in grandeur, and in loftiness the edifice of sublimity.f 
7. It was on the 1st ltajab, of the year 847 A. H., [25th October, 1443, A. D.] 
when with the assistance of God tho first prayer was read (iq&mat shud) in this 
mosque. 
* Tho Jaunpur Mahmud Shahf coins generally have the word suit am, and 
allude to the investiture by some Khalifali. 
f The phrase Jl * u ^ u0 ^ is a Hindi construction for tho Persian 
Comparative. 
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