Of Ferdoosee. 1) 
And J know not how to refuse his request : 
If there be ought improper in the writings, 
Burn them with fire, eflace them with water ; 
For myself, O generous. chief! 
I pass from this to a better world, 
Where God wil] listen with kindness to my 
complaint, 
And the Giver of all things will do me justice. 
From Kohistan Ferdoosee proceeded to 
Mazinderan, where he spent some time, at 
the court of a Prince of that country, occu- 
pied principally in the revisal and correction 
of his great work. Still, however, appre- 
hensive of the effects of the Sultan’s displea- 
sure, he quitted this place to take refuge at 
Baghdad, where, as soon as he made himself 
known, he was received with great distine- 
tion by Kader Billah Abassee, the reigning 
Caliph, at whose court he resided some time 
in tolerable tranquility. But the fury of 
Mahmood still pursued him. He wrote to 
the Caliph to demand Ferdoosee, threatening, 
in case of a refusal, to lead an army against 
him. The generous prince, unwilling to give 
up the man who had sought his protection, 
and unable to meet the sultan in the field, 
was reluctantly obliged to dismiss him. He 
wrote to Mahmood to inform him that Fer- 
