Identifier: musnudofmurshida00maju (find matches)
Title: The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Majumdar, Purna Chandra
Subjects: Murshibad, India (District) Murshidabad, India (District)
Publisher: Murshidabad Saroda Ray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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designed for the education ofthe sons of the citizens of Murshidabad other thanthe Akrobas or relatives of the Nawab Nazim. It wasunder the management of a Committee of which theAgent to the Governor General at Murshidabad wasthe President. The money needed for its maintenance came from the Nizamut Deposit Fund. The nomencleture of the school, after the abolitionof the Agency and the Agents Committee waschanged into the Nawabs High School, which is asyet a most useful Institution imparting superior educa-tion gratuitously. The status of the school becamemuch improved in 1874 under the head mastership ofMr. George Lorimer, m. a., who took the greatestinterest in its welfare. 41 AZIMNAGAR MOSQUE. At Azimnagar, about half a mile to the north ofthe Palace, are the remains of a Musjed, built byAzimunnessa or Azmutunnissa Begum, the daughterof Murshed Kuli Khan. She lies buried near theterrace. The beautiful workmanship of the buildingis evidenced by the portion of the shattered and roof-^
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< < ( HI ) less standing wall, whose once white lime work isnow green and livid with fungoid growth. JAFFRAGANJ CEMETRY. Within an enclosure of waved walls at Jaffraganj,about a mile and a half from the Palace, is the familyburial ground of Meer Jaffer, containing the tombsof the Nawabs Nazim, from Meer Jaffer to HumajunJah. The remains of the last Nawab Nazim of Ben-gal, Syud Mansur Ali Khan, were temporarily deposi-ted in a vault and subsequently removed to Kerbellain Arabia under his testament. Meer Jaffers father,Syud Ahmed, Ali Verdi Khans sister, Sha Khanum,Meer Jaffers widows, Mani Begum and Bubbo Begum,Sultana Ghetiara Begum, Nawab Raesunnissa Begum,Mahomed Ali Khan, the brother and Ismail Ali Khanand Ashraf Ali Khan, the sons-in-law of Meer Jaffer,lie buried here. The total number of graves is large. The gravesof the Begums are enclosed by walls. Unless objec-tionable on religious grounds, which seems hardlyto be the case, each of the principal tombs should beprovided w

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