182 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



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In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. 



In accordance with the holy verse t: and who giveth wealth 

 for His Love to kindred, and orphans and the poor, and the son 

 of the road (wayfarers), and beggars, and those in captivity" ; 

 and in atonement for the auspicious head of the slaves of His 

 Imperial Majesty, 1 the Qarya (village) Fckjirpura, in accordance 

 with the separate writing is set apart on account of the 

 Madad-i-Maash of the poor and the needy of the illuminated 

 Hm ! „ ?ahr5m ' Alld Shaykh Bakhtyar is appionted to be 



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will be afflicted with God's curse and the Messenger's abuse. 

 Dated m the year 1015 h (1606-7 a.i>.). 



Haji Bahram, whose pen-name was " Saqqa," or drink- 

 otterer, has left a DlwSn or collection of poems which are valu- 

 able assets of his esoteric doctrine, and give many particulars of 

 the places and persons whom he visited. 1 saw a copv of 

 fcaqqa s Diwan at his Astana, but it was incomplete. There 



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ZZ ?lf G W j th , the enComia of • Al1 and his descendants. I 

 Iconic !f ld ? f the Diwan a Tarfvband refuting the baseless 

 srLt nn°? /* he WaS a »•■ ^qS *■■ not, however, a 

 Sp L P f 1 qUOte a few lines of the above Taril'band and 

 one or two other verses from his Diwan :— 



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