1923.| Life and letiers of Malik <Aynwl-Mulk Mahri. 271 
made Governor. In the opinion of no less a person than poet 
Amir Khusrau. he had established his reputation both as a 
writer and soldier. What ie oe age in 1805? He could 
not be less than twenty-five. a letter, traced among his 
correspondence, ‘A ynu’l-Mulk was ing in 763 H. (1362 A.D.), 
when his age must be 82 years if not more. I will finish this 
Part by the following story from the Fatuhat-i-Firiiz Shahi 
written by Firaz Shah himself (Elliot-Dowson, LIT, pp. 379-80) : 
A person who was one of the Mula- pie (sons of servants) of 
‘Aynu’l-Mulk, had set himself up as a Shaykh in the country 
of Gujrat. He used to say ‘Ana’l-hagq (I am God or ga 
His disciples were required tosay. “Thou art, thou art 
was punished by lirtiz and his book was burnt.! 
Part. Li: 
A brief notice of Mahri’s lefiers. 
The ‘ Tarassul-i--Aynu’l-Mulki”’ or ‘Ayn-i-Mahra’s Insha 
or epistles were collected during the tele of Sultan Firiiz, by 
the writer himself at the desire of his friends and admirers. 
other ae which all used to like, he was hievhs ailed u oa to 
collect them at their entreaties. e ection consists — 
of Manshirs,* Misals,? Nishans,* Arend and Maktibs. 
uber, misals and nishans are official documents, drafted 
by ‘Aynu’l-Mulk for the Emperor or his Government. Arza- 
die were either written by himself or on behalf of others. 
Similarly Maktibs or letters on multifarious subjects were 
written by Mahrii on behalf of wre elf or others to various 
eminent persons or to family member 
I will only notice a few, and ae a list of more important 
letters, noting the head-lines only. The documents which 
afford us a glimpse into Firaz Sultan’s expeditions to Lakbnatti 
and Jajnagar will be noticed in the concluding Par : 
1. The first Manshtr was addressed to Majlis: i-‘Ali 
Khan-i-A‘azam Khaqgan-i-Mu‘azzam A‘azam Humaytin lath 
Khan, conferring on him the country of Sind (appointing i 
to the Gov emorship 0 of Sind). The following are the head 
ones of the Manshir: 


Meee ns eras 
| Mula-Zada ( 8013146 ) has been wrongly translated as a pupil for son 
ofa servant. It is an abbreviation of Mulazim Zada (3915 sje). 
2 Manshir, a royal ener nee patent or prviloge —— 
or stamped \ with the royal signe 
isal, a command, order. 
* Nishan, a sign, flag, sented: the letter of a prince. 
