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to the shrine of the Saint Bahauddin in the city on the 9th 
(16., 209). In the ‘Alamgirnama, the epithet occurs for the 
: e “s 
turn of the victorious retinue from the Daru-l-aman of 
Multan to the Daru-s-Saltanat of Lahor and the march thence 
to the Daru-l-khilajat of Shahjahanabad ” (p. 211). Itis quite 
the sense of security he experienced on hearing of Dara’s 
flight from Multan to Bhakkar. ‘“ He had been travelling,”’ 
writes Mr. Lane Poole, ‘‘by forced marches day and night, 
with his usual unflagging energy, lived the life of a common 
soldier, ate nothing but meal, drank bad water, and slept on 
the bare ground. His endurance of hardships awed his fol- 
lowers: but Dara’s own fatal tendency to political suicide 
saved his brother further trouble. The misguided prince, 
when aware of Aurangzeb’s pursuit, instead of seeking to build 
up a formidable resistance at Kabul, where he was sure of 
the support of the governor, Mahabat Khan, turned south to 
Sind. Aurangzeb at once saw that the enemy had practically 
disarmed himself, and leaving a few thousand horse to keep 
up the chase, he returned to the east.”’ (Aurangzeb, Rulers 
of India Series, 55-6.) Briefly, we may fairly suppose the 
title 'to have been conferred upon the city in grateful recog- 
nition of the peace and tranquility he had himself experienced 
h 
note; see also 784, 844 and 845 n). This appears to have 
occurred about 653-4 A.H., 1257 A.C., and the saint is believed 
to have died on 7th Safar 665 A.H., 7th November, 1266 A.C. 
(Jarrett, Atm, IIT, 363; Beale, Biographical Dictionary, s.n.). 
His grandson, Ruknu-d-din, is reported to have rendered the 
people of Multan a similar service in the following century. 
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