1895.] Abdul Wali— On Guru Qobind Sirjgh and Banda. 129 



12. That the Hindi and Pakshtu characters be represented thus 



«& or ^ t — S or ^ d — J ^^ j] T 



13. The J of the article Jt always to be transliterated I. 



14. That the vowel-points be 1 a, t z, ~ u. 



The lengthened vowels t' «, c?' 2,^' «^. That e and o may be used 

 in place of I and u in these languages in which it may be 

 necessary. That u and 6* may be also used in Turkish and 



e and o in Indian dialects. 



o o 



That the so called diphthongs is' and J be ay and aw. 



Gc, T. Plunkett. 



The Honoeart Philological Secretary laid on the table two 

 communications received from Maulvi Abdul Wall of Sailkapa, Jessore, 

 regarding Mr. W. Irvine's article on Guru Gohind Sirjgh and Banda,^ and 

 the correspondence between that gentleman and Mr. 0. J. Rodgers on 

 the same subject.^ Maulvi Abdul Wall states that the name of the 

 author of the Farrukh Shah Namah ^ was Mir Muhammad Ahsan, and 

 not Ihsan. The book is wrongly called Farrukhsiyar ndmah During 

 the reign of Shah 'Alara, Mir Muhammad Ahsan Ijad was appointed 

 Vakil to the sarkar of Prince ' Azimu-sh-shan, son of Shah 'Alam, by 

 Asaf Jah (Nizamu-1-mulk), and was given by that Prince a command of 

 three thousand troop. In Farrukhsiyar's reign he received the title of 

 Manly ah Khan and was employed by him to write the Shah Ndmah 

 which he used to show once a week to the Emperor, receiving on 

 each occasion a reward of Rs. 1,000, and a KhiVat. Having completed 

 his History to the end of Farrukhsiyar's reign, Muhammad Ahsan died 

 in 1133 H. 



The above facts are extracted from Mir Grhulam 'Ali Azad's Biogra- 

 phical work, the Khazana-i- Amirah.^ 



The Maulvi also suggests that the correct spelling of Lohgarh and 

 sacd pddshdh on ^. 134 of the Journal, Vol. LXIII, Pt. I, should be 

 Lohagarh and sacca padshdh respectively. He translates the inscription 

 on p. 135 as follows : ' G-uru Gobind Siqgh inherited from (not found in) 

 Nanak, sword, pot, and conquest, help without hindrance.' As regards 

 Sadhaura or Sadhaura, he points out that Mir Ghulam 'Ali Azad in 



1 See Journal, Vol- LXIII, Pt. I, pp. 112 and following. 



2 See Proceedings for 1895, pp. 35 and ff. 

 S Proceedings, 1895, p. 37 



* Incorrectly called the Khiranah-i 'Amirah of Ghulam 'Ali Arad, on p. 38 of 

 the Proceedings for 1895. 



