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because they loved the man. He was tall of stature, and 

 immense physical strength. He fought like a lion. His war cry was, 

 "Death or victory !" ; and when people asked him why he did not 

 say " Victory or death," inverting the order of his battle call, he said, 

 " Oh, I clo long to be with the saints that have gone before !" 



His piety and reverence for the Sayyids, the learned, and every thing 

 Islamitic, frequently led him into serious mistakes. Once, at Labor, 

 a Hindu had come to one of his meetings, who wore a long beard as 

 Muhammadans do. Mistaking him for a co-religionist, the old 

 warrior shewed him every mark of respect, and even humility. When 

 people informed him of his mistake, he gave the order that every 

 Hindu at Labor should sew a piece ftukrdj of cloth over the place 

 where the sleeve is sewn to the coat ; and the rigour with which 

 he exacted compliance to his order, procured him the nickname of 

 Tuliriyah, the Patcher. Nor would he allow Hindus to use saddles 

 fzmj when on horseback, because the Muhammadan law denies 

 infidels this boon ; but he only allowed them a wallet (pdlan). 



Another time, at Lak'hnau, he appointed a man as his Vakil, 

 because he was a Sayyid, when sometime after his relations, to his 

 infinite disgust, told him that his Vakil was a SJu'ah. 



The last expedition which Husain Khan led, was as much directed 

 against the imperial collectors who oppressed the poor, as against 

 Hindu temples with hidden gold bars ; and Akbar had the greatest 

 difficulty in believing that Husain Khan had not rebelled. " People," 

 says 'Abdul Qadir, " think him mad ; but he is wise and lowly in heart." 

 His piety was so sincere, that Badaoni thinks that Akbar would never 

 have renounced Islam, if Husain Khan had remained alive. 



This was the man to whom 'Abdul Qadir, in 973, had been intro- 

 duced, and whose service he entered. He had at that time the 

 idea of going to Court ; but the liberality of Husain Khan and the 

 regard he shewed to learned men, induced 'Abdul Qadir, for the pre- 

 sent, to give up all thoughts of applying to Akbar. He preferred the 

 appointment of Cadr of Husain Khan's jagir. As such, he had to 

 look after the poor of the district, and attend on his master for religious 

 matters, as leading the prayer, &c. 



During the nine years (973 to 981), which 'Abdul Qadir remained 

 with Husain Khan, he shared the transfers, and the adventures 

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