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servants with one month’s pay. The chief of a Dervish sect wilk 
auction certain sights, such as the Governor’s Palace, the British 
Consulate, etc., to his followers. The purchaser erects a tent and 
blows a horn and refuses to move on unless given a satisfactory 
sum over the sum he paid for the site. 
Persians attribute misfortunes to the revolution of the heavens, 
to the “ evil eye” of time, to the world, ete. 
The influence of the heavens on the fortunes of man appears 
the Deity. This is not, I think, the case, for the Persians still 
believe that the revolution of the skies actually affects man’s fate. 
Muslims who wish to avoid the appearance of ascribing ill to the’ 
Deity, attribute the occurrence to Fate, Qazds, Qadar or Tagdir. 
In the religious drama of Husain, the sky is accused of being the 
author of bis misfortunes. 
The following poetical quotations exemplify this belief :— 
Ay charkh-c falak kharabi az kina-yi tust. O. K. 
“Ah! wheel of heaven to tyranny inclined.” 
(Whin. Trans. Rub. 25.) 
In charkh-¢ jafa-pisha-yi ‘ ali bunyad 
Hargiz girth-i kar-i kas-t ra na-gushad 
. Harja ki dil-i did ki dagh-i darad 
Dagh-i digar-i bar sar-i an dagh nihad. O. K. 
“ The wheel on high, still busied with despite, 
ne’er unloose a wretch from his sad plight ; 
But when it lights upon a smitten heart, 
Straightway essays another blow to smite.” 
(Whin, Trans. Rub. 154.) 
Ay charkh chi karda am turd, rast bi-giiy, 
Paivasta figanda-i mara dar tak u pity ? O, He, 
‘Oh wheel of heaven, what have I done to you 
That you should thus annoy me? Tell me true.” 
Whin. Trans. Rub. 499.) 
Chin lala bi-Nau-Ruz qadak gir bi-dast 
Ba lala-rukh-i agar tura fursat hast 
Mai nish bi-khurrami ki in charkh-i kabid 
Nagah tura chu bad gardanad past. _ KK. 
“ Like tulips in the spring your caps lift u 
And with a sidiv heeled vanapiaariei, ie 
With joy your wine, or e’er this azure wheel 
ith some unlooked-for blast upset your cup.” 
(Whin. Trans. Rub. 44.) 
fe mel eg a 
wtelbea ES AE SSN Cot EO ee 
_ | Falak, Dunyé, Zamanc, Dahr, Gardin, Charkh, Chashm-zakhm-t 
mina, ete. 
