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Sang dar dast o guhar gardad, Zahar dar kam o shakar gardad. 

 " Stone in his baud becomes pearl, and poison turns sugar in his mouth." 

 Fari'd attributed this favor of God to the tricks of man, so he threw 

 it out of his mouth, and fell deeply again into the contemplation of the 

 Omnipresent. At midnight hunger rendered him weaker than before, 

 and he again got some pieces of earth, and after putting them in his 

 mouth discovered that they were as sweet as sugar. The same 

 thought of deceit came again in his memory, and he threw them once 

 more out of his mouth, and engaged again in prayer as before. By the 

 end of the night Fari'd reflected to himself, that the feebleness caused 

 by hunger might render him unable to stir, so he picked up again some 

 bits of clay and they became sugar in his mouth. He thought they 

 might have been sent to him by God, ate them, and broke his fast in 

 the manner he was directed by his guide Qutbuddi'n. When the sun 

 rose he went to Qutbuddi'n, who told him, " Fari'd, you did well to 

 break your fast with the sustenance sent to you from the invisible world. 

 Go : you will be sweeter than sugar." Hence he was called " Fari'd 

 Shakarganj Shakarbar," or the treasure of sugar. 



Books have been written of the miracles wrought by Fari'd. 

 Tughlaq, a man of obscure origin, and the inhabitant of A bur, seven 

 miles from Pdk Patau, presented him with a load of fuel, and asked 

 nothing for its price. The only petition he made to Fari'd Shakar- 

 ganj was, to plant him on the throne oi Dehli ; and it happened so 

 by the benediction of Shakarbar. The reign of this person may be 

 remarkable for other things for aught I know ; but the large and 

 strong fort he constructed now presents nothing singular to the view 

 except heaps of ruins. It was called Tughlaqdbdd, and is situated 

 six miles south of Dehli. 



Fari'd Shakarganj had many followers ; one of them was Nizam- 

 uddi'n. His body rests in the most handsome place out of Dehli. 

 He was the patron of the famous poet Ami'r Khusrau, who, by the 

 Persians, was denominated " Tot ie Hind," or the parrot of India, and 

 sleeps on the same charming spot. 



The mausoleum of Fari'd Shakarganj is visited by the pilgrims 

 of different quarters. The Hindus of this country believe him to be an 

 inspired man, and pay respect to his monument, like the Musalmans. 

 After descending a few steps we came into a square laid with bricks, 

 and entered the cupola in which the Fari'd is interred. It is floored 

 with marble slabs, and opens by a door towards the east. On his left 

 hand is the tomb of his son, Shekh Badruddi'n, neither differing in 

 size nor in materials. Over them is a pompous canopy of green 



