1852.] Has ScCdy of Shyr&s written Rekhtah verses ? 519 



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 Sweeper. " He throws away his earnings (i. e. dirt) yet he is not 

 disgusted ; why do people avoid him, though he eats his lawful earn- 

 ings." (The last micra' is a play on the word Halal-Khor a sweeper.) 

 Leaving the other riddles which I had copied for a separate article, 

 I will mention another little work of Arnyr Khosraw of which no. 

 mention is made by Qayim. This is a Nicab that is to say a rhymed 

 vocabulary in Hindee, Persian and Arabic, intended to be learned by- 

 heart by children. It is commonly called Khaliq Bariy from the 

 initial words. The author mentions his name and explains its meaning 

 not in a very clear manner : 



The vocabulary consists of near 200 verses, and is in various metres, 

 with a view of illustrating them. The following is a specimen : 



" Sharm (shame) is the Persian for the Arabic //aya and laj is the 

 Hindee ; and hacil, and baj in Persian and Kharaj in Arabic are 

 synonymous, and mean public revenue. Tali in Arabic, bakht in 

 Persian and bhag in Hindee mean destiny. Lahn and tarannum in 

 Arabic, sarud in Persian and rag in Hindee mean a tune." 



The first Urdu poet after Myr Khosraw whom Qayim mentions is 

 Niiry, a friend of Faydhy and consequently a contemporary of Akbar, 

 he says that he has written only two or three Ghazals in Rekhtah 

 and mentions only one verse. 



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" Every person who acts deceitfully is no doubt afraid. Poor Niiry 

 has not done any thing wrong and does not fear." 



After Niiry follows Mohammad Afdhal in Qayim's list. It seems 

 however that it was 'Abd Allah Qofobshah (came to throne of Gol- 

 conda in A. H. L020=A. D. 1611) who first patronized and thereby 

 raised Rekhtah poetry. 



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