120 H. Blochmann — Delmericlc's Hdnsi Inscriptions. [Mat, 



2. Maulana Mughis (ci^a*-*). He was a poet and flourished 

 during the reign of Jalal-uddin Firiiz Shah II. (1290 to 1296, A. D.) Badaoni 

 and the Haft Iklim quote a few of his verses.* 



* Those who delight in the subtleties of Persian Prosody will find the verse ascrib- 

 ed by Badaoni to Mughis {Bad. I, 181) of interest. Badaoni says that Mughis com- 

 posed a whole ghazal that could be read in nineteen different metres ! It is a pity that 

 the MSS. which the editor of the Bibl. Indica edition had for collation, give a corrupt 

 reading of the second hemistich. The first hemistich is — 



12 11 10 9 87 6 54 3 21 



The twelve words of this hemistich are all monosyllabic, and the 2nd, 5th, 8th, ai d 

 11th words have the Izdfat. But the Izafats of the 5th and 11th words are no\) 

 necessary, as ast may be supplied. Again the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th words may in Persian 

 be read with or without the TasMid. Bearing this in mind, we get the following 

 nineteen metres. (The numbers in brackets refer to the paragraphs in my ' Prosody 

 of the Persians.') 



I. HazaJ. 



I. ^^JU^Uaj 4 times (14). 2. j^JLpUaj 4 times (16). 



II. Bajaz. 



3. ^^pUftXwA) 4 times (33). 5. ^^JLcli^ j^Ltifixj 2 times (36). 



4. ^^yxlSiM 4 times (35). 6. ^^ixiSi^ ^^JUUaj 2 times (37). 



7. ^Ulsi^ ^sX'suo f^ixlsuo ^ixlkx> (p. 37. 1. 1.). 



III. Kamal. 



8. (^3iicli 4 times (41). 9. ^j4Ui 4 times (43). 



9 



10. j^t3i(*i cb^xJ 2 times (46). 



II. j^i(*i ^j^i (jjiUi (^!»^Li (orig. form of 41). 



IV. Muzdra' . 



12. j^j^^eli (^JLj^Uaj 2 times, (orig. form of 67). 



V. Mujtass. 



13. j^351.cli ^Ji*SiL^xi 2 times (76). 14. ^^jUxi ^^).cUa5 2 times (76). 



VI. Khaftf. 



15. j^JlpUvo j^33l*J ^^JLcU/o ^j,ill.eli (a musamman Khafif, p. 59 note). 



In the above fifteen metres, the four Izafats of the verse must all be read ; but as 

 two may be left out, we get — 



VII. 'AHz. 



16. i^iy^ {J^^^ 2 times (105). \ 



VIII. ^Amiq. 



17. ^^^^ (^J^lj 2 times (106). 



Mujtass AJchrab. 



18. ^i'isXji Jjxk^ 2 times (67). 



And if only the last of the four Izafats be left out, we have — 



Haj'az. 



1 9. f^ytAAi j^Xclixj ^JLjtJ^x) i^^iflSjo (p. 38, 2nd line). 



