1869.] Baddoni and his Works. 123 



As it is the case with all men that are ' brought up on pure milk,' light- 

 mindedness — Adam's legacy, and the source of repentance, cruelty, 

 ignorance, sorrow, and injury — brought me into a foolish scrape. 

 This light-mindedness I called love, and after getting entangled in the 

 net of voluptuousness, I had to suffer what fate had ordained. An 

 extraordinary row took place in the vault where the saint lies buried ; 

 but it was not only G-od's anger, but also His mercy, that I was made 

 to suffer for my crime in this world. Some people belonging to the 

 family of the beloved got hold of me, and inflicted nine sword 

 wounds on my head, hands, and shoulders. But the wounds were 

 only skin wounds, with the exception of the wound on my head ; for 

 my skull sustained a fracture, and the brain was laid bare. Besides, the 

 vein of my little ringer had been cut through. I fell into a swoon, 

 and thought it was all over with me. But by and by I recovered 

 and got well. I hope, I shall likewise get off as easily in the next world. 

 At Bangarmau,* I fell in with a skilful surgeon, under whose care my 

 wounds commenced to heal up within the course of a week. In my pains, 

 I vowed to perform the rite of pilgrimage to Makkah ; but this vow 

 has up to the present time (1004) not been fulfilled. * * * Prom 

 Bangarm.au I returned to Kant o Grolah. After the bath of recovery, 

 however. I was again confined to my bed. May God Almighty 

 reward Husain Khan with a place in Paradise ; for he tended me 

 with the care of a father and a brother, and did more than man can do. 

 As the cold of the season made my wound quite numb (gazcilc), he 

 prepared for me a salve of Tamarioc, and also fed me on Tamarix 

 sweetmeats. At last I went to Badaon, in order to consult another 

 physician. He re-opened the wound, which brought me to death's 

 door. Once while in a state of torpor, I had a dream. A number of 

 collectors of taxes had taken me up to heaven, where I saw a daftar, 

 a Dhodn, and clerks. Some mace-bearers, who resembled the mace- 



or Qanauj, is very common; but several verses of the Shahnamah and 

 Nizami's Sikandarnamah read Qannauj, with a double n, as is proved by the 

 metre ; vide Vullers' Diet, under £■ *i». Dawson's edition of Elliot's works (II, 



p. 52), quotes a commentator who spells Kmnauj, which is also the spelling 

 given in the Taqiwim ulbulddn. 



* yOj&li. The Kin spells this name j/oSxj Bangarmau. Oar maps have 

 Bmgermow ; it lies in Audh (south), and belonged to the district of TJndm 

 (on our maps Onao, on theLak'hnau railway), There are many towns in Audh 

 and Bareli, the names of which end in mau. 



