No. 24. — 1881.] mi'ra kantiri festival. 135 



the events of the night, the Islanders asked, "Where is the Jinni?" 

 She replied, "He is shut up in the goglet which is in the presence 

 of the deliverer," pointing to Hazrat. The Islanders, rejoicing 

 exceedingly, with gladdened minds untied the bonds of the girl, 

 and taking her with them worshipped the golden feet of the bounti- 

 ful benefactor who abounded in the favour of the wonderful God ; 

 then very hastily went and narrated the circumstances to the King 

 of the Island. He, rejoicing when he heard, surrounded by his 

 ministers, other chief men, astrologers, and merchants, came quickly 

 on foot, and seeing the Shaikh, worshipped him, saying " O lord 

 who hast removed the danger that threatened us, be pleased to save 

 us : we are come under thy protection: we will without fail perform 

 whatever thou commandest." Hazrat Miran Sahib, having fed that 

 King and all his subjects with the divine ambrosia called K a Urn ah, 

 caused them to come into the right way,* and, having broken down 

 all the temples in the Island, built mosques. Looking at that King 

 he said, " Do thou reign alone and be a help to thy subjects"; (then) 

 blessed them, and abode (there) a few days.f The King and the 

 other inhabitants, however, came to the Sahib and said " O lord, 

 the fear of the harm he will work in the future distresses our 

 minds, should we keep our enemy the Jinni here thus; we will 

 do whatever thou biddest us." Hazrat replied, " Load the goglet in 

 which the Jinni is enclosed in a gundara,\ and having taken and 

 sunk it (in the sea) beyond Galle,§ return." But those people said 



* " When any one is converted to Islam he is required to repeat 

 the Kalimah, or Creed : — Ld-ildhd-il-lal-laho MuJiammad-ur-Masul-Ullah. 

 1 There is no deity but God, and Muhammad is the Apostle of God.' " — 

 Hughes' Muhammadauism, p. 102. 



f Ibn Batiita who styles the Maldive Sovereign, converted by the 

 Maghrabin, Ahmed Chenourdzah [Shanurazah = ? Senarat], saw the record 

 of the conversion in the chief Mosque at Male (A. D. 1344). 



J @j5<g(nj [kuntard'], the term applied to Maldive boats. The Sin- 

 halese call these Islanders commonly Gundara-Mrayd 'the gundara (boat) 

 men,' 



§ <sfreQ \ Kdli] t the modern Point-de-Galle. 



