1923.] A‘ Witch-case’ in Medieval India. 47 
Shaykh Faridu’d-Din Mas‘ad,—is Lbs soit : eee d-Din 
Suiayman [fol. 68] inquired from the old : ‘Who has 
bewitched the Shaykh?’ The old man replied : : ‘The son of 
Shihabu’d-Din the Sorcerer has done this.’ There was in the 
town of Ajwad’han a man, called Shihab the ae nthe 
for practising sorcery. Then Badru’d-Din a hat 
do in these circumstances, and how to ‘dutoat ‘this witchery ? : : 
The old man replied : ‘Let som ebody go and sit upon the grave 
of Shihab, and,’—then the old man recited a few words i in the 
dream ,—‘ let him recite these words over the grave.’ And 
Badru’d-Din Sulayman in his dream learnt these words. They 
were as follows: ‘O thou, buried here who causest misfortune ! 
Learn thou that thy son has performed a magic act and caused 
misfortune. So tell him that he should take back his evil from 
us, otherwise let all that cleaved to us cleave unto him.’ The 
meaning of these (Arabic) words is this: ‘O thou, whoever 
thou art interred in this grave! Learn that according to the 
results of search thy son has se ae (us), and caused misfor- 
tune. So tell him to withdraw the danger of that sorcery from 
s. If, however, thou _ not say (this to him), the things that 
affected us, will affect 
When day dawned, Shiny Nizamu’d-Din, with the friends 
who were engaged in praying by the order of the Shaykh, came 
with Badra’d-Din Sulayman [fol 68c] to see the Shaykh, and 
informed him about what happened with regard to the dream 
dreamed by Badru’d-Din. 
Then the Shaykh called Nizamu’d-Din and ordered him to 
learn by heart those words, to go to the grave of Shihab the 
Sorcerer, asking the people to show it to him, to sit down upon 
it and recite (the incantation). 
Shaykh (Nizamu’d-Din) went according to the order. He 
inquired about the place of the tomb of Shihab the Sorcerer. 
It was well known, the people ‘pointed it out to him, he sat there 
and recited the words. With his hands he touched the earth.’ 
The tomb was covered with plaster,? and at one end of it there 
was a little Eo on the apes He touched the clay and, un- 
away, my hand went oor (into the grave). I searched more 
carefully and my hand touched something. I brought it out— 
it was a rene — Se — into which some needles were 
madan dias pate . different shape in every ger f “g4 
almost fhieatiably = have a special structure above them, of bricks o 
The pla 
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