between tlie Courts ofDehli and Cojislantinopk. 477 



of you, the model of Sultans, have always excited the wish of mutual correspondence ; 

 as the verse says : 



" Although an hundred deserts separate the heart from the Kaiba, yet there opens a 

 window from the sanctuary into the soul :" 



and there was always a secret wish and desire that the gates of correspondence should 

 be thrown open. This secret wish not having been hitherto realized, and the accom- 

 plishment of this fair desire not having taken place, as was hoped for, the Captain Saiyad 

 Ali, who is ennobled by your high service, came with some Egyptian troops to the 

 shores of Guzerat, and arrived at Dehli, where he delivered the good news of pros- 

 perous success and righteous standing. 



It was intimated that he had no commission from you, the cream of kings ; and he 

 was not prevented from continuing his journey towards your presence. It occurred to 

 me on this occasion, that by this opportunity the chains of friendship and union might 

 be linked, and the ties of attachment drawn closer. Therefore the pearls of good 

 faith have been arranged on the string of friendship, and the rubies of attachment set in 

 the line of true harmonj', to be presented in this letter by these servants belonging to 

 the spheres of your majesty. It is hoped and expected, that also on your part the 

 gates of mutual communication will be opened by the keys of attachment, and tlie chan- 

 nels of correspondence will not be closed ; and that in this manner the foundation of 

 the towering fabric of union will be strengthened and kept free from decay. To say 

 more would only make our heads ache : may the standards of the Khalifat be always 

 spread with glory in the East and in the West ; and may the sun of greatness never 

 lower its crest. By Muhammed the Prophet, and his family, the best of servants! By 

 the Lord of the Nun and Svad! (the 68th and 38th chapters of the Koran). 



No. II. 



Letter from Shah Khurrlm to Sultan Murad IV. ; delivered by the Ambassador 



ZarIf. 



Infinite praise and heavenly eulogy be offered to the Creator, who has distinguished, 

 amidst his creatures. Sultans by power, force, greatness, and glory; who has constituted 

 monarchs, obeyed by the world, in order to watch over laws divine, and over the execu- 

 tion of heavenly laws and prohibitions ; to protect countries and subjects from the mischief 

 of the profligate and obstinate; who has chosen, among this sublime number the Lord 

 of the empire, whose aim is the observance of justice and equity ; who is gifted with 

 qualities divine; who follows the sublime example of the Prophet ; and for whom and for 

 whose family and friends be the purest of prayers and the most comprehensive of wishes ! 



He (the Creator) has chosen him (the Sultan) for the elevated charge of the Khalifat, 

 distinguishing him by the illustrious designation of 'God's shadow on earth.' He has 



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