3. Note on a Persian Charm. 
By M. K. Sutrazi, Persian Instructor, Board of Examiners. 
Communicated by the Philological Secretary. 
It has been handed by tradition down from the Imams that 
whoever looks daily at the following diagram after each of the 
five daily prayers, and also looking at it on first seeing the new 
moon, immediately after gazes at the object mentioned in the list 
below for each month, will be protected from all evil, from the 
oppression of tyrants, and the magic of magicians; he will pass 
the month in prosperity, will be free from sickness, be secure from 
injury from man, and be under the protection of God. 

After viewing the new moon and looking at the diagram given 
below, the gaze should be directed at the following objects :— 
| 1. Muharram “ Gold.” 
; 2. Safar “A mirror.” 
3. Rabs‘~’l-Awwal “ Water.” 
4. Rabi‘*’s-Sani * Flocks.” 
5. Jumade-l- Awwal “ Silver.” 
% 6. Jumad*-s-Sani ‘** An aged man’s face.” 
7. Bajab “The Qur’an.” 
| 8. Sha‘ban ‘A rose.” 
9. Ramazan * A sword.”’ 
10. Shawwal ‘‘ Verdure.” 
ll. Zé#'l Qa‘da “A child’s face.” 
12. Zu’l Hijjah “The face of a mascotte.”” 


