302 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
RS y 2 jf tas! soy! yo as cual sh p vax aes csg)® 
SE 0 GF ered Vlouye IS y cael Glib lb yo alway ad, 
Vila! UG net wl uc” bai! ls Kod 5 awed doe wr jh pss digSne 4 
diwogrt yo § cams Sh9) wesc leo Sa aS Spor? Sy cpdd e* «iS olay! 
ph 5 dle hase wy) Jus ty wh ye as 3 dy Sve 3 el Bdsm ye 3! oS 
‘ Rw 6) 3! ic dhy2 aile; we 
And he gives several further pages of definitely controver- 
sial remarks, refuting the Shiite extremist beliefs in incarna- 
tions,* and other similar matters, such as a story of the secret 
letter, or book (JUS ), bequeathed by the Imams, etc.’ Some- 
times he tries even to reconcile the Shi‘ite ideas with the Sufic 
beliefs, as in the case of Mahdi, the twelvth Imam, who, accord- 
ing to him, was an Abdali. § 
Rami ; ‘Alaw’d Daula, like many other strictly Sunnite Sufis, 
held no very high opinion of the doctrines propounded by the 
his work: ‘Some one asked. what sort of person was 
Mawlana-i-Riim. (The Shaykh replied): he was quite good, 
although in his writings, in spite of all my search, I could not 
discover signs of decision and authority. But, nevertheless, he 
was inspired, and I never could hear his poetry without feeling 
impressed.’*® (f. 82v): 
oe ne oe La ees 

! Not clearly legible. 
2 If omitted, the sentence gives better sense. 
® Better be read ais Sve. 
* Cf. ff. 5-6. 5 Fol. 55. 6 Fol. 50: 
a ditone (hod 9 2.0... wl yee Cree y sxef yo lout Kak yo 
“Semmad pig? Baas 4 NPIS 159 gabo Jyney Kiso yo hoy! y cue! Bye z 
' Fol. 178q. ‘Alau'd-Daula calls Buddhism sgh Gy indubitably 
for ie LS or Cakya-Muni. : 
§ Fol. 8 sq. 
* I have already drawn the attention of the reader to this hostility 
on the part of many pious writers towards the great Jalalu’d-Din Rum!, 
which Jami himself apparently shared (see my previous article). It 18 
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