50 ~° Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. {N.S., XVII, 
perhaps, not altogether devoid of significance that he had, in 
1100 A.H., just completed that conquest of the kingdoms of 
Bijapar and Guikanda which had been the greatest ambition 
of his life. The cycle of good fortune which had begun with 
the foundation of the city had been thus completed, just at 
bestowing on the city associated with their inception and 
perhaps also, maturity the distinctive title ‘ Khujista-buniyad.’ 
wlo Yi sto ‘House of peace, safety, security’ is prefixed 
to the name of Agra on the copper coins of Humayun. 
8$T ole¥! yy is never found in Abil Fazl or Badaoni, 
though it dees occur once in the Tabagat-i-Akbari. But 
nothing is said as to the reason of the epithet, and we are left 
only to speculation in the matter. The sole explanation I can 
offer is based on the following considerations. 
be very propitious to my gracious father and honoured ancestors and 
two great victories had been gained in it.” Jbid., I, 58. . 
ated Lo pike (653 slats pls lf yy pies J sie oul 
# BOND 4) rd) yw Wd abe ev 37 9 BAT SIRS 9 Syln 
Sayyad Ahmad Khan’s Edition, 27, 1. 20, 
In another place he writes: “‘Mu‘taqid Khan bought a house at 
Agra, and passed some days in that place. Misfortunes happened to 
him one after another. We have heard that prosperity and bad luck 
depend on four things; first, upon your wife, second, upon your slave ; 
third, upon your house; fourth, upon your horse. Ibid., 1, 235. 
So Mir M‘asiim informs us that his ancestor ‘‘ Baba Hasan Abdal 
settled at Langur of ndahar, saying to his disciples, ‘From this 
earth the smell of friendship comes to mo.’ He remained there all his 
days and died there,”’ Tarikh-i-Sind, Trans. Malet 90. 
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