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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ving- in subsequent repairs undergonethorough chang-e. In the middle of the enclosures is the mausoleum,containing the tombs of Ali Verdi Khan, Serajud-dowla and the principal members of their family.Ali Verdi Khans mother and Serajuddowlas wife,Lutfunnissa Begum, who accompanied him in hisflight, also lie buried here. The grand-father andthe grand-son lie side by side. Government have oflate put up marble tomb stones. The central andlarger tomb is that of Ali Verdi Khan, while that tothe east of it is the tomb of Serajuddowla. The river once flowed very close to the enclosureand the pucca masonry ghat still exists. In 1766,the river flowed past towards the north and the eastof Khoshbagh taking thence a straight easterly coursetowards Choona Khali. The present channel fromKhoshbagh to Farrashdanga did not exist then. In the outer enclosures there are numerous tombswith nothing to identify them. Ali Verdi Khan had endowed the villages ofBhandardaha and Nawabganj, with a revenue collec-
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IIII ( 99 ) tion of Rs. 305 per month, for the maintenance ofthe mausoleum. It is now kept up bj Governmentand hence is in a proper state of preservation. In the compound is a large mosque with a terracein front. The following is the position of the tombs, therebeing little to vouch for the correctness of the minorones. 1 III Ali Verdis Daughter Ali Verdi Khan Serajuddowla Merza Mehendi (?) I III Ali Verdis Daughter Ali Verdis Wife Lutfunnissa Mehendis Wife (?) BHATTAMATI. About a mile to the west of the river, oppositeLalbagh, is Bhattamati, the seat of the junior branchof the Bangadhicaris of Dahapara, who settled there,when the emoluments of the office of Canongoe cameto be divided between the two branches of the family,for the political purpose of creating rivalry and there-by lessening the power of either to abuse the trustimposed upon them. The remains of the family resi-dence, temples, tanks, &c. still mark out the site,which is overgrown with jungle. ROSHNIBAGH. On the wes

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