344 Account of a visit to the Shrine of SaJchi Sarwar. [No. 4. 



suddenly became quite lame, and consequently he was under the 

 necessity of sending on his fellow-travellers, and his own people, with 

 the baggage, to the next stage ; whilst himself and son remained be- 

 hind intending to await the morning's dawn, in hopes that the camel 

 might be able to follow. "When morning drew nigh, three horse- 

 men made their appearance coming towards them from the hills, 

 one of whom having advanced before the others cried out : — ' Oh 

 Malik Esau ! why art thou sitting thus sorrowful and distressed ?' 

 The merchant answered : — ' How can I be otherwise when my com- 

 panions have proceeded on their journey, and I am left alone here 

 in this desert with my son — my camel lame, its load on the ground, 

 and no other animal to supply its place ?' The horseman who was 

 no other than the Sarwar himself, said : — ' Fear not, for by the 

 time the day dawns your camel will be well again. Load him and 

 set out on thy desired journey ; and when thou shalt have reached 

 Baghdad, make known unto all people that in Hind, at a place sixty 

 miles west of the city of Multan, on the skirt of the hills, there is 

 a place of martyrdom ; and whosoever falleth into calamity and 

 goeth there, shall, by the will of God, escape from it.' 



" Malik Esau on arriving at Baghdad related the wonderful acci- 

 dent which had befallen him on the journey, and as directed by the 

 apparition, but no one would believe him ; so Esau to convince them 

 of the truth of his statement killed the camel, and from the leg 

 which had been affected with lameness on that occasion, he took out 

 several iron nails. The most incredulous were now convinced ; and 

 shortly afterwards two sick persons with their families set out on a 

 pilgrimage to the grave of Sultan* Sakhi Sarwar. One named Kho- 

 ker was blind, and the other called Lauga was afflicted with the 

 leprosy ; but on their arrival at the scene of the martyrdom of the 

 Saint, they were by a miracle restored to perfect health, and confi- 

 dently believed that he would appear unto them. They were 

 not disappointed ; for they had not been dwelling there very long 

 before three horsemen came out of the hills one day and made to- 

 wards them. They comforted them greatly, and bade them reside 

 there altogether and take care of the remains of the Saint, promis- 

 ing at the same time protection from all ills. The horsemen stayed 

 with them and said the ccasar or meridian prayer, after which ' they 

 disappeared as they had come. 



