6 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [J anuary, 19133. 
twenty kuruh,' i.e. forty miles. If a Mirza happens to sit at 
the same table with a Mufti (or lawyer), he should not take 
anything, and in case he dies of hunger (by so doing) he shall 
have a great reward in next life. Ifa Mirza has beauty and 
good voice, he may without inconvenience recite a verse or 
two before his companions; but if he sings regularly at some 
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if the Mirza happens to get the better of him, he should com- 
pletely defeat him, but if it be otherwise, then he must make up 
with his adversary. If a Mirza happens to be in company 
with some persons of eminence, and if the topic of conversation 
refers to one’s income and ability, he should try to get the 
topic changed; if not, he should leave the house to its owner 
and run away as fast as his feet can carry him, and must not 
look back at all. The Mirza should visit Egypt because it is 
worth seeing. If he wants to settle in a place, let him take up 
his abode in Syria where nice bread, cheese, and sweet melons 
honour of anyone. He must not joke with every good-for- 
nothing fellow, nor allow all people to eut jokes at him. He 
should meet his friends occasionally, and when seen once, he 
must not go to them again that very day, because this will 
cause a recurrence (of the visit). With a monthly salary of 
Rs. 109 let him allot Rs. 10 for the belt and embroidered badge. 
And if these are supplied by his master he must not sell them. 
If he spends Rs. 50 for a fur, it will not be prodigality. He 
must not speak while people are playing draughts. He should 
not bring courtesans to other people’s house, especially if the 
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1 Kurth is a road-measure of about two miles. 
? One of the sect cf the shitahs or followers of Hadrat ‘All. 
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