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Adman a place in Hamadan. He was the encomiast of 

 SuUan Suliman Shah, Hakim of Kurdiston ; he died in 

 the time of Hulako Khan, who flourished in the seventh 

 year of the Hejira. His death was occasioned by a sa- 

 tire, he composed on Mujid Uddin Tawil, the aged 

 Cazi of Hamadan^ of which the following is a stanza 



^LJij<\jCs^ J^\d^\j\d,) 



It was not on account of this, death spared him so long-, 

 That he was exempt from the common lot of mortals ; 

 But so deeply sunk was he in the abyss of vice, 

 That it was a hundred years before the angel of death could 

 reach him." 



So nettled was the Cazi at this pungent satire, that he 

 recited the Surat al ikhlds forty times standing, ut- 

 tering imprecations on the unfortunate poet ; who, 

 our Persian author gravely asserts, languished and died 

 from its effects. The Surat al ikhlds ^\;^V<'ij*^ is ths 

 last chapter but tw^o of the Koran much venerated 

 by Mahometans and declared in the Hadis to be equi- 

 valent in efficacy to one third of the whole Koran. It 

 contains the declaration of the unity and essence of 

 God. And, when recited as above, under certain condi- 

 tions, is supposed to act as a most powerful spell. 



Regarding this chapter we find in the Miscc hat ul 31a-' 

 sdbih, that, " Abu Dardar reported that his Highness 

 said, ^ Is not one of you able to repeat a third part of 

 the Koran in one night?' The companion said, ' How 

 can any one repeat a third in one night ? for it is not 

 without difficulty.' Mohammed said, ' The chapter 



