1870.] Translations from the Tdrikh i Finiz SMM. 37 



ignominies which he heaped on the bazar people, every one of them 

 stood in awe of him, and sold his things cheap ; but notwithstanding 

 all severities and scoldings, they could not keep from giving less, or 

 shewing purchasers one thing as a pattern and then giving something 

 inferior, or from burning fools, and cheating and falsifying.] 



[The second regulation for keeping bazar prices low was this, that 

 the Sultan should continually make enquiries ; for if a king wishes to 

 regulate the doings of bazar people who never Avere subject to regula- 

 tions, he should not befriend (?)••' nor neglect continually to 



enquire into their doings ; for kings of olden times have said that it 



* The misprints in the Ed. Bibl. Indica are again so numerous, that it is 

 difficult to get any sense at all. P. 316, Z. 6, read k}Jj*o for &h.^j*o • Z. 11, 

 ^J/^ for ^.j^ • Z. 14, d)j1ji (an estimate) for dj^Ji ; &. 18, *J for j^ » 

 ^Lkjljlj for (Ajfjlj j (j*iJj ^t&'i for (j^i) ; Z. 20, ^]}j-^ <*JiLa for dUilve 

 2j<>,ijj..w j- 80.J,i2>j is a word, which very likely has no meaning. P. 317, Z. 5, 

 read cu^bj e>j&j for cL^JaJo^tj; b- Z. 9, <Sa>j j^d*? for ^j^o+f - 

 Z. IO.j &ZJ.+S for *'id}+>, an< l *=»j for Aq^J ; l - Hj ^Jj oi>«V» forjt ^&& 

 ^.Q • I. 14, either %£+a)\ is wrong, or a word has fallen out before it, aa 

 bd gliaflat ulfat nakimad ; Z. 15, read <X)l*J*i for «>>ijl.*J ;l- 17, &J>j]jb for t>3) f, Ij - 

 Z. 19, Lc.iu.wf for ^Us-ftx*} j Z. 20, ^JJjyl i-y j\£ for ^\j)ij rj^, anc l ^eZe 

 ^aj • Z. 22, c^wt for <>it. P. 318, I. 1, read ^ G for ^,1^ and ^U^aj 

 for %jS'd'i • Z. 3, the word (j-L^f j s tnmce written with a is though no ad« 

 jective follows j Z. 4, for jjUj read oo^ and ^ o'^L. for ^(foj^i. • Z.6» 

 the whole line has no sense ; Z. 7, again ^U-wf with an impossible ^ • 

 Z. 16, 7ctIw is doubtful; Z. 20, the first word is gliuldm-laclmgdn. P. 319, 

 Z. 1, read ^.fj ^jLj for gJ&jixi j Z. 3 cZeZe the first j ; and for t^| read ^f • 

 Z. 5, read <j-U*| with a ^ for L&| j Z. 8., jpt^S" for {{^ ; Z. 9, put the 

 words &kj± j\ \j)\ at the end of the line, and cZeZe the j after ^jo which 

 is moreover a bad Indian spelling for ^(^ • Z. 12, *L.£f has received a Ham- 

 zah, the editors being doubtful as to the propriety of a final ^ • I. 15, fovjyb 

 rcadjj^A j|; 1. 16, for ^,1 read ^.j^ and cZeZe U • I. 17, readj^j^wjOw-w • 

 Z. 21, dele j. The sentence, moreover, is either one of Barani's bad sentences, 

 as there arc two different subjects, Sultan 'Alduddm, and on p. 320, Z. 1, the 

 Mughuls; or the editors have not looked up the MSS. P. 320, Z. 1 cZeZe j after 

 ^.Caaj j Z. 10, the j before ^^U has no sense ; Z. 11, read J.^^ for Jlij*. • 

 I. 13, for v*J.jG read t£bQ| as on p. 241 j but the chance is that even that is 



