110 H. Beveridge — ^Ahdtil Qadir Badayunis place of burial. [Dec, 



organisation and aim ; to the members of the literary departments of 

 other academies, as well as to the members of literary institutions and 

 societies analogous to academies ; to professois of aesthetics, of 

 literature and of history in the universities. This order must be 

 published at least every five years. 



The proposal to alter the status of the Society of which intimation 

 had already been given by circular to all resident members in accordance 

 witli Rule 64 A., was brought up for discussion previous to further 

 circulation under Rule 64(c). 



The following papers were read : — • 



1. Note- on ^ Abdul Qadir Badayicni's place of burial. — By H. 

 Beyeridge, Esq. 



Mr. Blochmann in his valuable paper on Badaoni and his works 

 (J.A.S.B., Vol. XXXYIII, Part I, p. 144) says " Mr. Harrison (of the 

 Barqilly College) informs me that a gentleman in Badaon has been at 

 some pains to discover among the numerous and decaying tombs of 

 *Atapur' the grave which encloses the remains of 'Abdul Qadir, but that 

 his efforts have not been successful. It would be anytliing but anti- 

 quarian sentimentality to renew the search for the resting place of a 

 man who has left us not exactly the fullest, yet the most original and 

 independent history of the gieat Emperor." 



This was published in 1869, and 1 am happy to be able to inform 

 the Society that Badayuni's grave is still extant, and that it was pointed 

 out to rae on the 12th December, 1899, by Qaz! 'All Ahmad MahmM 

 Ullah Shah, a resident of Badann and a gentleman who is interested in 

 historical studies.' 



The grave lies in a field about two miles east of the town of Badaun 

 and on the left hand side of the road leading to Shahjahanpur. There 

 are at least six tombs there, and none has any name or date, but tradi- 

 tion identifies one of them as Badayiini's. The others are tiiose of 

 members of his family. They are in a small patch of waste land, raised 

 above the level of the rest of the field, and covered with clumps of the 

 long grass (elephant-grass ?) from which ilfw^y-Matting is made. The 

 village of 'Atapur/ where Badayuni is said to have been buried, has 

 ceased to be inhabited or to be remembered, and the field is reckoned 



1 It is Tufail Ahmed a brother of this gentleman and a pleader of the Badaira 

 Court, who has repaired the Chief Mosque of Badaun. 



