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canal in Patparganj, a suburb of Dihli. It was ao in 1127 H. 
(1715) after a great fire in that quarter of the town, and it was 
finished in the fifth year of oe eae (1716). As to it Sayyid 
‘Abd-nl-jalil, Bilgrami, w 
Bahr-i-jud o phy Out spate ‘Abdullah Khan, 
Nahr-i-khairt kard jar m wazir-i-mubtasham c 
Bahr-i-an ‘Abd-ul-jalil- i- Wasttt tarikh kard 
“ Nahr-i- nk ii madd-i- -bahr-i- ahsain o oa 
(1127 H.) 
The same learned man and ene et the praises of 
‘Abdullah Khan in his Masnavi, as follow 
Aristi-i-fitrate, k, Asaf-nishan ast, 
Yamin-ud- daulah; ‘Abdullah Khan ast ; 
Ba diwan ciin nashinad nau-bahar ast, 
Ba maidan cun darayad zu,lfiqar ast.! 
Husain ‘Ali Khan, Amir-ul-umara, differed conaidecably'h in 
character from his elder brother. He was prompt in action 
and inclined to the use of exaggerated and insolent nage: 
Several stories showing this habit of his are on record. 
arty the hired flatterers in his train used to recite, even i 
e€ emperor’s presence, Hindi verses in praise of their m aril 
A Persian translation of two lines has been handed down ; they 
are to this effect :— 
The whole world and all creation seeks the shelter of your 
umbrella, 
Kings of the world earn crowns through your emprize.? 
“aa on the ill- ae march to the Dakhin, being intoxicated 
with his own greatness, he boasted that on whosoever’s head he 
cast the shilioe of his shoe, that man would become the equal 
of the Emperor Alemgre. This remark gave great offence to 
those who heard it.% 
though he put no faith in lucky or unlucky moments se 
Husain ‘Ali Khan was for ever extolling and finding new mean- 
ings in the following lines :— 
Ham ci man be-kase shahide hech kafir na bid, 
Subh-i-mahshar khid damid, wa khiin-i-man khwabidah 
ast. 
1 Ma,asir-ul-wmard, III, 140 ; Khushhal Cand, B.M,. No. 3288, fol. 407¢. 
2 Ahwal-ul-khawagin, fol. 1768, In the original they are :— 
Panéh-i-chatr atthe jumlah-i-‘alam o khalq, 
Kalahdar-i-jahan ra kalah az muqdam-i-t#. 
3 Yahya Khan, Tazkirat-ul-mulvk, fol, 128¢. 
