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him, owing to some suspicion against his fidelity in the discharge of 

 his duties. But Mtzamy 'ariidhy states in his work which has the 

 title of Af&c^ljA. apud Taqyy Kdshy that Sayf aldawlah MaAmud a 

 son of Sultan Ibrahym was accused of having formed apian of joining 

 the court of Malikshah, and that he was (in A. H. 472) cast into 

 prison on this account, and put to death in it. His friends, the 

 most intimate among whom was Mas'iid, shared his misfortunes. 

 Mas' ud however regained his liberty after twelve years, but subse- 

 quently he had to endure eight years more of incarceration owing 

 to the roguery of Abu Nacr. When he regained the second time 

 his liberty, he withdrew from the world and devoted himself to the 

 service of God. He died in 525. He was acquainted with many 

 of the earliest Persian poets, most of whom sung his praise ; among 

 them are Abu-1-Earaj Euny, who was his teacher, Mokhtary of 

 Ghaznah and Mo'izzy. Unfortunately none of his Hindustany com- 

 positions have been preserved, though it is very probable that they 

 were still extant when Amyr Khosraw wrote. Taqyy Kashy has 

 seen his Persian Dy^ an which contained about six thousand verses, 

 and he has embodied no less than 4,650 of them into his Tadzkirah. 



Report on the Geological Structure and Mineral Wealth of the Salt 

 Range in the Runjaub ; with Maps, Sections, ^fc. — by Andeew 

 Fleming, M. D. JEdin., F. R. S. F., Assistant Surgeon, 4<th Regt. 

 Runjaub Cavalry. In charge of the Geological Survey of the Salt 

 Range in the Runjaub. Season 1851-52. 



(Communicated by the Govt, of India.) 

 (Concluded from Page 368.) 



On the Koeana Hills. 



From the central district of the Salt Eange and apparently run- 

 ning parallel to it, an isolated barren range of hills called Korana is 

 seen rising out of the plain of the Jetch Doab or district between 

 the rivers Jhelum and Chenab. 



The highest point of this range is about forty-six miles S. S. W. 

 of Pind Dadun Khan, and about twenty-four miles south-east of the 

 civil station of Shahpoor. 



When in the Salt Eange near the latter place, in the month of 

 January, I took the opportunity of paying a flying visit to Korana, 





