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ing dark. I hope that the notes will throw a little light on 

 these things. 1 



A word in conclusion as to the text. The MS. of Qadiri 

 presented some difficulty. It has been so carelessly copied 

 and contains so many obvious mistakes that I have had to 

 take the liberty of emending it wherever that was necessary. 

 Variations in the readings, where I have considered them 

 worthy of record, and a few of the emendations in the text of 

 the Hyderabad MS. and the source of each quatrain, are given 

 in the Notes to Text. 



To those who are curious to learn something about Sufiism, and its 

 place m the history of the world's thought, there are ample opportunities. 

 Dr. E. H. Whinfield's translation of the Quatrains of ' Omar Khay- 

 yam and the Masnavi of Jalal-ud-din Rumi (both in Treubner's Oriental 

 Series); of the Lawaih of Sami, and especially of the Gulshan-i-Raz of 

 Shabistari ; and Professor R. A. Nicholson's translation of the Diwan-i- 

 bhams-i-Tabriz and his ■■ Mystics of Islam," in the Quest Series,— form a 

 rich mine of knowledge. 



q'<!- To theSe tW ° Snaikhs of our own d »y every traveller in the path of 

 Sufiism owes -it goes without saying -profound obligations. 



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