History of Dhaka through Inscription and Architecture (A Portrait of the
Sultanate Period)/Md. Abu Musa. Dhaka, Department of Archaeology, 2000, xv,
136 p., figs., $25 (pbk). ISBN 984-773-006-7.
History of Dhaka through Inscription and Architecture (A Portrait of the
Sultanate Period)/Md. Abu Musa. Dhaka, Department of Archaeology, 2000, xv,
136 p., figs., $25 (pbk). ISBN 984-773-006-7.
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Map of greater Dhaka district. I. 1. Spread of Islam in Bengal and the role of the Sufis. 2. i. Position of Dhaka during Sultanate period. ii. Position of Sonargaon during the Sultanate period. II. Inscriptions: 1. Muslim Calligraphy. 2. Contribution of Bengal to the Islamic art of calligraphy. 3. i. Historical background of the inscriptions. ii. Inscription of old Dhaka district (Sultanate period). 4. Importance of the inscriptions discovered at Dhaka. III. 1. Characteristics of Muslim architecture in Bengal (Sultanate period). 2. Monuments of Dhaka, Sultanate period. IV. 1. History of the independent Sultans of Bengal mentioned in the inscriptions of Dhaka. 2. Jalal Uddin Muhammad Shah. 3. Shamsud Din Ahmed Shah. 4. Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah. 5. Rukn Uddin Barbak Shah. 6. Shamsud Din Yusuf Shah. 7. Jalal Uddin Abul Muzaffar Fath Shah. Abyssinian rule in Bengal: 1. Sultan Barbak Shah (Shahazada). 2. Saifuddin Firoz Shah. 3. Nasir Uddin Mahmud Shah. 4. Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah. 5. Alauddin Hossain Shah. 6. Nasir Uddin Nasrat Shah. 7. Alauddin Firoz Shah. 8. Ghias Uddin Mahmud Shah. 9. Sulaiman Karrani. Selected bibliography.