122 Badaoni and his Works. [No. 3, 



of this Knight- errant of the Crescent. In 974, when Akbar and 

 his grandees were engaged in suppressing the rebellion of Khan 

 Zaman, which ended with the defeat and death of the rebellious chief 

 at Mungarwal, near Allahabad, 'Abdul Qadir lived for a short time in 

 Agrah, where he met Mirza Nizam uddin Ahmad (II, p. 99,) who 

 subsequently wrote the Tabaqat i Akbari, and became his warm 

 friend. 



In 975, 'Abdul Qadir married a second wife at Badaon (II, 105). 

 Of his first marriage he has left no record. The event was the 

 occasion of a pretty Tarifch, — ^ ^—j^. &>J* ^° <^^, ' I said, a 

 moon in conjunction with a sun,' which gives 975. 



Soon after, 'Abdul Qadir followed his patron to Lak'hnau, to 

 which place Husain Khan's jagir had been transferred by Akbar. 

 'Abdul Qadir made use of his stay in Audh to visit the principal saints 

 and the learned men of the time. The sojourn at Lak'hnau was, 

 however, of short duration ; Husain Khan's jagir was again transferred 

 to Kant o Golah (Shahjahaupur), and mortified at the transfer, the 

 old hero set out on an expedition against Hindu temples and their 

 hidden treasures.* 'Abdul Qadir did not accompany him, but asked 

 for leave to go to Badaon where he got his younger brother, Shaikh 

 Muhammad, married. The union, says Badaoni, was productive of 

 mischief, and appears to have led, towards the end of 977, to the 

 death of Shaikh Muhammad. 'Abdul Qadir's sorrow at this loss was 

 increased by the death of his infant son 'Abdullatif. The Tarkib- 

 hand in which he has expressed his grief (II, pp. 127 to 132,) is very 

 fine, and shews the powers of his poetical genius. 



In the beginning of 979, 'Abdul Qadir rejoined Husain Khan at 

 Kant o Golah, where he continued his duties as almoner. In the 

 same year ' a dreadful event' befell Badaoni, which is best related in 

 his own words (II, p. 136). " I went to Makkanptir, which belongs to 

 the Sirkar of Qanuauj, in order to visit the tomb of Shah Madar.f 



* This expedition has been translated in Elliot's Index, pp. 235, 236. The 

 corresponding passage in the Text edition will be found on p. 125, of the second 

 volume of Badaoni. Lines 6 to 8 are unintelligible ; for c J^.,3 read Jck^ • 



for bainiha read hainaha ; Ij^ has no sense ; for ^jljJJ we expect the name 

 of a town. 



f Vide Garcin de Tassy, La Religion Musulmane dans l'lnde, p. 52 (second 

 edition). The word Qanuauj is differently pronounced. The spelling Kanauj 





