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Dera Ghazi Khan. This place was then aseatof learning. In it 
there dwelt a godly sage, by name Qazi ‘Aqil Muhammad (Peace 
be on him), a khalzfa of Hazrat Qibla-yi-‘Alam, Muha@rawi, The 
youth became a pupil of Qazi Muhammad ‘Ali, brother of the first- 
named Qazi, and studied under him for a year or two. During 
this period this “ Murshid” or elder brother of the Qazi Sahibs 
went on a pilgrimage to Uch Sharif, on the opposite bank of the 
river,in the Native State of Bahawalpore, to visit the tomb of 
Makhdim Sayyid Jalal® ’d-Din ao The Qazi Sahib was 
accompanied by all his pupils. The Qazi’s predecessor had been 
desired by his religious teacher, Fre Re Fakhr®’d-Din of Delhi, to 
search for this youth. When the youth came to him, the Qazi at 
once recognised him, and, according to the instructions of his Pir, 
joyously made him his disciple. The youth spent six years inthe 
study of esoteric doctrines (‘ulém-¢ batini), and within this short 
time attained a perfection, such as others have failed to obtain in a 
lifetime. After his teacher’s death, he left and settled at Taunsa, 
which place gradually rose to importance. This youth, who 
had received from his Pir the name of Muhammad Sulayman, 
will henceforward be styled the Khwaja Sahib. 
' In the meantime the Khwaja Sahib had married. As soon 
as he settled at Taunsa Sharif, the in- 
Hevetopment. habitants became secure from the inroads 
of the mountaineers, and men from all parts came in large num- 
bers to visit him. Disciples came to him, not only from the Pan- 
jab, but from Hindustan, Baluchistan, ranted Afghanistan, 
and from Persia and Arabia. During his prosperous days there 
was a great influx of learned Muslims. Through his efforts 
Madrasahs were established, to which students from distant parts 
resorted to study Arabic, ‘Persian, the Hadis, Tafsir and Figh. 
‘Learned men versed in Physic a, Mathematics, Philosophy, and 
Medical Science, gathered together at Taunsa. The people of 
the Sanghar District were hopelessly ignorant and illiterate, but 
the Khwaja Sahib made the district, especially Taunsa Sharif, a 
rival of Baghdad. Polite manners and rules of conduct for civil 
life were taught to the people, who began to realize the difference 
between man and the lower animals. 
There were more than twenty teachers for a ithe 
ur*an; and hundreds of Hafiz,— 
eo ne nae eo eeing,— were turned pected At 
this soins all could at least act the Qur*an. 
ual training (ta‘lim-i tasfiya-yi bitin) was studied, 
and Siifis thronged to Te spot. Zikr-i Jali (audible pe and 
Zikr-i —o Gos ye prayers) were alae and at night the 
weeks age time, none uta btain even f him. 
However, after he attained the Perfect Life ‘Pakedie “Sulak), he 
used to 
hold something like a public assembly where all, from 
neta to beggar, were treated without distinction. 
