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In the name of God, &c. 
1. The Jami’ Masjid, by the grace of God the Lord, and for the sake of Mustafa, 
the Lord of power and dignity, 
2. Was( erected) during the reign of a king, the fame of whose justice surrounds 
the west and the east, (extending) from the back of the fish to the moon. 
3. Namely, the son of Sliah Ibrahim the Just, the exalted, the sun of Royalty, 
the king of the world, Mahmud Shah (two distichs illegible). 
6. The glory of the holy temple (in Jerusalem), the honor of the Haram (the 
temple in Makkah). 
7. The slave Fazlullah wrote this on the 27th day of the Fast, A. H. 859 (10th 
September, 1455, A. D.) 
I now bring this essay to a close. It has extended over more pages 
than I originally had intended. I hope in a short time to put together the 
collection of inscriptions belonging to the Pathan and Mughul periods, 
received by the Society from General Cunningham and Dr. J. Wise, 
to whose unwearied exertions Bengal History owes so much. In the 
meantime it would be well if other members also, and all such as take an 
interest in the subject, would send rubbings and coins to the Society ; for 
in the absence of written histories it is only from mural and medallic re¬ 
mains that we can expect to gain a correct knowledge of the history of 
Bengal. 
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