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to take with him a large number of the residents of Taunsa, for 
the development of trade. He also visited the holy shrines at 
Delhi, Ajmere, Allahabad, Ahmadabad, and Aurangabad, taking 
with him men from Taunsa, who thus acquired the arts of archi- 
tecture, painting, stone-cutting, carving, caligraphy, and _tailor- 
ing, etc. The art of glazing earthenware was learnt and practised 
in Taunsa. He also, at his own expense, sent a man to Hindustan 
to learn clock-making. Returning to Taunsa, this artizan made 
the town clock there, the sound “of which can be heard for miles 
round, All the machinery and materials of this clock were made 
at Taunsa itself, and European visitors have often remarked on 
the excellence of the workmanship, The same Selig men seas 
many watches, which were sent out as pres He 
engaged in making a town clock at Pak Patan, for cr rae ae "the 
Baba Sahib. 
In 1881, or 1882, the Fakhr* ’I- -Auliya* went on the pilgrimage 
toMecca. Hundreds of his followers accompanied him on the Hagy 
and took with them merchandise on which they made a good profit. 
The mosque of the old Khwaja’s time was im roved and 
made to give ample accommodation to the numerous travellers. 
A marble dome over the mosque was erected at a cost of 
seventy-five thousand rupees. By this, the shrine was beautified, 
and the poor also provided with work. 
The Fakhr* ’l-Auliya* died in 1319 A,H. at the advanced 
Death. age of 80. Even on his death-bed he 
continued to impart religious teachings 
to his descendants and crags ap ( * Verily from God we come ; 
verily to Him do we return.” ) He ever tried to keep the peace 
between the Hindus and the Muhammadans. The da ay of the 
Fakhr® ‘l-Auliya*’s gir was to the people of Taunsa as the 
Day of Resurrection. The Government courts and schools were 
closed ; Hindus and ia tcnetans shut their shops; there was 
a general mourning in the town. He was buried in the Rawza 
by the side of his sainted grandfather, eu a world-illumin- 
ating sun disappeared from the ken of man 
The Fak ihr ‘l-Auliya* left two sons. The eldest Khwaja 
aa Hafiz Muhammad Misa, aged 50, suc- 
: ceeded him, and the peut Hazrat 
Muhammad Sa*in became his right hand, Though the gaddi was 
the right of the elder, the Tauliyat! of the Masjid and the Khanqgah 
were sg Mom equally between the two brothers, according to the will 
of the deceased. Hafiz Muhammad Misa died five years later, in 
dhe ‘aot of Zu L-Hifjah, in 1324 A.H. Though no progress 
was made in his time, still there was no decline. 8 son, 
Miyan Hamid, aged 31, succeeded to the gaddi, and Makhdim- 
zada Hazrat Miyan Mahm ud Sabib continued to act as minister. 
Though Miyan Mahmiid Sahib did not succeed to the gaddt, 
he is said to be regarded as the real successor in spiritual matters. 
Most of the traders and shop people of Taunsa Sharif are 


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