638 A brief account of Shakarganj . [Oct, 



brocade tied with string against the roof of the monument. A small 

 window covered with oil and dust is made in the direction of the south. 

 It is called the " Darwdzah Bihisht," or the door of Paradise, and is 

 opened every year on the fifth of the month of Muharram, which 

 is the death day of that holy man. The people flock on that day, 

 and, pushing each other forward, rush in at the Danvdzah Bihisht, and 

 come out by the next door. By doing this they have been persuaded 

 to believe, that they shall have the first place in heaven when they 

 depart for the next world. The monument is 20 paces in circumfe- 

 rence, and 30 feet high. It was erected by his disciple Shekh Nizam- 

 uddi'n, Auliyd, or the Saint. It is whitened with lime, and has a 

 beautiful appearance when nearly viewed. Fari'd was born in 569 

 Hijri, and died of colic in the year 664 H., at the age of 95. The 

 following verse gives the above dates. 



Rahm farma shud tawallud £bid azadah umr, 

 Shud Faridullah sale rahlate Masud asar. 

 The words Rahm farma we should take for the date of his birth, 

 as, ( U r i*a., ) 1 40 200 80 40 8 200 or 569 Hijri. The words A'bid 



azadah stand for the year of his age, as ( * jh) <±j\c )70_^.l+24-4 

 4-1 + 7 + 1+4+5 = 95. Shud Faridulldh shews the date of his 

 death as (*li) Jo JjJ ) 5 + 30 + 30 + 1 + 4 + 10 + 200 + 80 + 4 + 

 300 = 664. " Far id asri" or the gem of the time, is another date of 

 his death as (^.^ac J^i) 10 + 200 + 90 + 70 + 4 + 10 + 200 

 + 80 = 664 H. 



Next to this monument in the same square is another dome built 

 by Tughlaq, Shah. It contains the tomb of Shekh Alah-uddi'n, 

 Moizzuddi'n and Shekh Fazl, &c. &c. the descendants of Fari'd. 

 The height of this dome is nearly 50 feet, and the circumference 36 

 paces. It is larger than the former, and has a door opening to the 

 south. It looks older, because it has never been repaired. All of 

 the graves were veiled with dust, but a few flowers lying over them 

 showed that they are also occasionally visited by the people. The 

 accompanying is the drawing of the Fari'd's monument, which I 

 have done by the means of a camera obscura*. 



* Our young friend has evidently not yet acquired the knack of the camera 

 obscura (lucida?). Out of consideration therefore for the memory of Dr. Wol- 

 laston, its inventor, we omit his unsuccessful attempt to use it. — Ed. 



