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IL — A brief notice of some o f the Persian poets.— By 

 Ensign Newbold, 23d Regiment M. N. I. 



Awhad Uddin Khdwari. 



Awhad Uddin Khawari, was a native of Khav/ar, 

 and cotemporary with Sanjar, a Sultan of the Seljiikiaii 

 dynasty, whose exploits he celebrated. Sanjar is said 

 to have flourished in the sixth century of the Hejira« 

 From some lines, of this poet's composition, in the Ta- 

 rikh i GuzidaJi, it appears that he was acquainted with 

 the sciences of natural philosophy, logic_, music, astrono- 

 my and astrology. 



Towards the close of his life he retired from the Sul- 

 tan's Court, and from the world altogether ; and although 

 repeatedly solicited by Sanjar to return, steadily per- 

 sisted in passing the remainder of his days in the qui- 

 et of retirement ; saying that, " he had selected the 

 patched robe (the khirkah) of the Sufis, in preference 

 to a thousand garments of satin ; and that the cup of 

 patience, filled with the prayers of contentment, was, in 

 his eyes, a goblet overflowing with wine.'^ 



Afzal Uddin Azraki. 



This poet was cotemporary with Sultan Ibrahim 

 Ghaznavi, and was born at Herat, a town of Khorassan 

 in the fifth century of the Hejira. He was patronized 

 by Thogrul Shah ; and many anecdotes are related, prov- 

 ing the favor in which he was held by this monarch. 

 He ^vas the author of the poem entitled the Alfiijeh 

 Salfiyeh a work abounding in warm and 



amorous descriptions, the perusal of which restored his 

 patron to his former vigour and health. Herbelot thus 

 notices ilzraki; Surnom d'un Auteur qui est qualifie 



