714 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, (December, 1911. 
Rendered into English this means, ‘‘ By the Grace of God, 
George V, Emperor of India,’’ but it also gives the year 
** 1910,” the date of His Imperial Majesty’ s accession to the 
But alas! Arabic scholarship has fallen on evil days and 
in spite of an occasional outburst of zeal for the revival of 
verses been addressed to Sayful-Dawlah, the writer would have 
been loaded with riches and honours. Had they been written 
on the occasion of the Sultan of Turkey’s accession, the la 
of the poet would not have gone unrewarded. But we are 
afraid that the absence of proper advice to the Government of 
India did not allow the quatrain to reach His Imperial Majesty 
the King-Emperor, who, with his unbounded sympathy for the 
East, would undoubtedly have bestowed on the talented author 
some marks of appreciation of his ingenuity and labour. 
A. M.S. 
S...M..G, 
I : 
pall ob ee 
OAD yas eA? ¢ le 
The ee 
Fae 2 
* a) ee rv) “- ro 
vu Peg cae as Cue 7 Ye Cad - er 
haf BO) jo Oe font plat Jest 0: 
ae ee 
po 9 UST ues Sb jal 5s i ye 
PERSIAN. 
Bi-Fadli Waliyyi-’n-Ni‘am 
George-i Panjum, Qaysar-i Hind, 
1910. 
ARABIC, 
Nir-un bi-nir-in ‘ala-’|-‘ Arshi-’ ee fa-‘uj 
Bi-dhilli ra‘ni-’1-jalali-’s-sirimi-’ s-sam 
