582 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1906. 
God! Security, security, security !—from ‘Plague, « Epi- 
demics, Sudden Death, Misfortune and the Rejoicings of Enemies : 
from these punishments, Good Lord, deliver us, for we are 
of the | Foner ‘ This we ask through Muhammad and 
his Holy Family. Amen, Lord of the Universe!” 
- Should a childless ‘man read this charm twenty-one times on 
the 15th of Sha‘ban, after the maghrib prayer, setting aside one 
pice after each reading and then give the pice to the poor, he 
will be blessed with offspring. 
D. C, Purituort, ia Colonel, 
-_ 
9. Note on the Huma or Lammergeyer, 
The Huma or Humay, so often translated ‘Phoenix,’ is not, 
as is commonly supposed, a fabulous creature: it is merely » the 
Lammergeyer or Ossifrage. Sa‘di! Bays OF item. 6 pk tgm 
- SoG OT jt lee det yp cleo 
SN) W (sy le 9 jay ylprinf af 
“The Huma is, for this, of birds the king: _ 
It feeds on bones and hurts no living thing,”2 
Jehangir, in his memoirs, writes :— - 
“ Accordingly, on the 19th of the sacred month of Muharram 
1035 A. H.,83 We moved our Royal Standards towards Lahore. 
. Previous to this it had been frequently represented. to Us that 
anja 
People of that district stated that its food was fragments of bone, 
he bird was ever to be seen sailing in the air, seldom 
seated on the ground. Since our Royal Mind was greatly bent 
ur Royal Qardvuls* shoot one of these birds and bring it to 
Our Presence, he would receive a reward of a thousand rupees. 
examined. The crop was. accordingly. opened and was found to 
contain nothing but fragments ‘of bone. The hillmen informed 
Oa et ae ur 
1 Gulistan, Chap. 1., St.15. 2 Bastwick’s translation. 3 A.D. 1625. 
4 Qardvul “a guard, a sentry,” etc : in In ia, apparently the match- 
Jock men that. acted as guards and shikaris, and accompanied the royal ele- 
phants on hnonting expeditions, oe eae Gite: 
zar dar dmad: in modern Persian this would mean ‘‘ appeared,” 
9 ‘ 
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and not as in the text “ was viewed, seen. 
