1870.] Translations from the Tdrihh i Firdz Shdhi. 37 



ignominies which he heaped on the bazar people, every one of them 

 stood in awe of him, and sold his things cheap ; but notwithstanding 

 all severities and scoldings, they could not keep from giving less, or 

 shewing purchasers one thing as a pattern and then giving something 

 inferior, or from burning fools, and cheating and falsifying.] 



[The second regulation for keeping bazar prices low was this, that 

 the Sultan should continually make enquiries ; for if a king wishes to 

 regulate. the doings of bazar people who never were subject to regula- 

 tions, he should not befriend (?)* nor neglect continually to 



enquire into their doings ; for kings of olden times have said that it 



* The misprints in the Ed, Bibl. Indica are again so numerous, that it is 

 difficult to get any sense at all. P. 316, Z. 6, read M^ao for AJkjf^so • Z. 11, 

 ^SJlg for ^j^ • Z. 14, ^TjJ (an estimate) for dj^Jd ' l - 18 > Ajforj^ ; 

 ^lAjljb for lAjfjfj; U»**J «-*<^ for ^i-'J ,* &• 20, g«iJ^w <XjJL« for dAiLj 

 %&')jy«9 j- 8&J£#} is a word, which very likely has no meaning. P. 317, I. 5, 

 read «^^l^ oj&j \j for e^-k-'O^b) bj Z. 9, &*>j j^d*? for A^jfjs&d*? ; 

 Z. 10., ^^♦J for <*^>*J, anc ^ *^J for ^«^J *, &« Hj ^»^3 j ci>^ for j | e>^ 

 ^l>o • Z. 14, either o.&J| is wrong, or a word has fallen out before it, as 

 bd ghaflat nlfat nalcunad ; Z. 15, read £jU)<XJ for <3>i.jUJ J 2. 17, &JjjjU for 0«3;|jlj • 

 Z. 19, Laai^l for ^Uaix*! ; Z. 20, ^jjjjf -y ^ for ^\})\j rj'^, and cZeZe 

 ^aj ; £. 22, c^wt for *5|. P. 318, Z. 1, read ^ b for ^t^ and ^U/Jo 

 for a^J j Z. 3, the word ^ Ix&f is twee written with a ^ though no ad« 

 jective follows ; Z. 4, for a-jbj read ojIa^ and ^(ftyLaL for j./.ftVjA • Z. Gj 

 the whole line has no sense ; Z. 7, again ^(Ju&f with an impossible ^ • 

 Z. 16, lcibdr is doubtful; Z. 20, the first word is glmldm-lacliagdn. P. 319, 

 Z. 1, read ^^ dJ ly for ^^jUj j Z. 3 cZeZe the first j ; and for *3jf read d j) • 

 Z. 5, read^U&| with a^ for L&| ; Z. 8., JJif^^ for *^ ; Z. 9, put the 

 words &\i)± j\ f^f at the end of the line, and cZeZe the j after ^(^ which 

 is moreover a bad Indian spelling for ^fo • Z. 12, *L&j has received a Ham- 

 zah, the editors being doubtful as to the propriety of a final ^ • Z. 15, for »[)A 

 readjI^A jf ; Z. 16, for ^| read ^ and dele U • Z. 17, readjl^j^^o^oj ; 

 Z, 21, dele j. The sentence, moreover, is either one of Barani's bad sentences, 

 as there are two different subjects, Sultan 'Alduddin, and on p. 320, I. 1, tlio 

 Mugfiuls; or the editors have not looked up the MSS. P. 320, Z. 1 cZeZe j after 

 A^Cv/o . Z. 10, the • before -U has no sense : Z. 11, read 'ik for ,&.=». • 

 ^ 13, for c*bb read ^£bt3| as on p. 241 ; but the chance is that even that is 



