1923.) Life and letters of Malik ‘Aynu’l-Mulk Mahra. 265 
clean-eater)' has uttered insulting words to me in the Diwan 
(office). If 1 be so insulted, who will have any regard for my 
person and for my office. Will your Majesty > be so gracious as 
to confer the masnad of Wazarat to ‘Aynu'l-Mulk.’’ His Majesty 
sat moodily for a time. Then addressing the Wazir said: 
chan-i- Jahan, | have bestowed the office of Wazir on you; all 
ranks of the Wazir’s Department are under vou. Whomever 
jou retain, he remains, and whomever you remove, he is 
dismissed. Tf ‘Aynu’l Mulk looks toward you with contumacy, 
have him removed from the office of Imperial Ashraf, and give 
it to another one.” Khin-i-Jahan was given a royal robe, and 
he returned home well pleased. He thus sent the Shahna 
(trooper or superintendent)? of Wazir’s Department with 
orders to “Aynu’ |-Mulk that he was dismissed from the office of 
Mulk did not go to the Imperial tent, for three days. After 
that he appeared to His Majesty, and salamed from the place 
of obeisance. His Majesty called ‘Aynu’l- Mull near, and 
impressed on him the bad effect of animosity: ‘‘ As you and 
Khan-i-Jahan are not on good terms, I give you the agf‘a (fief) 
of Multan, and the agtas of Bhakkar and Siwastan: you should 
proceed to take up the appointment.” When ‘Aynu’l-Mulk 
heard this, he represented that he would accept the offer, pro- 
vided he should not have to submit his accounts to the Wazir's 
Department (Diwan-i-Wazarat), otherwise he would serve His 
Majesty at the head-quarters. His Majesty said: ‘“ Khwaja 
Aynu’d-Din, aqt‘a of Multan is separated from the Diwan-i- 
Wazarat. So any account submited with your signature will 
suftice,”’ aay Gua Mulk agreed to the condition. 
When ‘Aynu’l-Mulk was dismissed, the principal officers 
of hie as the author was informed, met in a solemn con- 
clave, and came to the conclusion that phat had occurred was 
not good. Today ‘ Aynu’l-Mulk was dismissed, through the 
influence of the minister, tomorrow the same minister might 
“ae the reas to others They turned the mind of the Sultan 
i- Jahan, aad contrived to disgrace im. His 
Majesty fies prudently observed that if Khwaja ‘ Aynu’d-Din 
were present, he might have consulted him about the matter. 



= The language epckin In and shunt Dihli was not pure Persian, but 
Hindi with the admixture of Turki and Persian, which is 
= Re the uage of Urdi (camp). The abusive ‘rant 
haram khwar (pronounced haramkhur) is still used. n w 
aie ’]-Mulk, as Sultans of the Tu 
dynasty spoke was, I am sure, the same, which the people of Hindustan 
still speak. Of course, the provincial dialects, e.g. Maghadhi, Awadhi. 
oem h 
iriz Shah appointed Shahnas (or Superintendents) over eac 
Department or pro Tetons uch as Sang-tarash (stone-cutter), Chob- a 
(wood-cutter), ahingar (bleokernith), * sara gar ert gue ore 
(sawyer), chiina-paz (lime-burner), raj (mason)—p. 331. ‘Afif. 
