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Hindus, though there are a few Muhammadan merchants, The 
a Bombay, Lahore, Multan, and Dera 
Ismail Khan. Salt, gur, rice, cotton, iron, and cloths, are the 
chief articles of import ; while food- “grains (especially mustard 
seed), embroidered shoes, and combs of kaha wood are exported. 
Two ‘Urs or Anniversaries are pre maaan in the month of Safar 
Se ee gr ee from the Ist to the 13th, and the other 
- : ‘i the month Jum@da ’l-Awwal, from 
e 27th to the 29th. The former is 
in commemoration of i death of the old Khwaja. People 
attend from a distance, many as traders, but more as pilgrims. 
A sacred singing party (majlis-2-sama@‘) is held, and experts are re- 
warded. In this, the whole of the Qur*an is first read aloud 
( Khatm-i- -Qur*an) and then the Qawwals sing their sacred ghazals. 
The second ‘Urs is held with even greater pomp. 
The chief places of interest in Taunsa are the Khangah 
and its surrounding buildings, the clock 
tower, the Shis-Mahall, the mosque, the 
Government buildings, ze. the Tahsil, the Police station, the 
Hospital, the Post Office, and the Middle English School, 
Places of Importance, 
GENEALOGICAL TABLE. 
Hazrat-1-KawAsa MufAMMAD SULAYMAN, 
(died 1267 A.H.) 
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Miyan Darwesh al oe nad Miyan ‘Abd® ’llah 
Muhammad, Muhammad, Sahib. 
(died 1230 A.H.) (ied 1860 A.B.) 
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Miyan Khayr Muhammad Sahib, Hazrat-i-Fakhr® ’1-Auliya* Khwaja 
(died 1311 A.H.) ‘Ata Bakhsh Sahib, 
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(died 1319 A.H.) 

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Miyan ‘Abd™-r-Rahman, Miyan Gul Muhammad, 
(living). (living). 


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re — Misa Hazrat-i-Khwaja Hazrat- plan 
Sahib Mahmid Sahib, Ahmad Sahib, 
(died = ‘A.HL.) (living). (died 1297 A.H.) 
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* Miyan Miyan Ghu- Miyan 
Hamid lam Zakariya ‘Abd® "lah, 
Sahib, Sahib, (living). 
( living). (living). 
( eg 
Hazrat-i-Miyan Hazrat-i-Ghulam 
arid 
Abmad Sahib, F; Sahib, 
(living). iving). 
