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A brief notice of some of the 



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A brief notice of some of the Persian Poets. — By Lieut. T. J. Newbold. 

 (Continued from No. 10, P. 132). 

 Kadiri f 



Or Abdal Kadir, was formerly in the retinue of the emperor Akber 

 with Shaikh Faizi and Abul Fazel. He compiled the Tarikh-i-Bedawin, 

 His style is said to be easy and flowing. 



Kamil Ahmed Beg, 



Son of Mirza Afzal Nujm, came with his father from Persia into 

 Hindustan and entered into the service of the emperor Alumgir, by 

 whom he was ennobled. He espoused the daughter of Khan Mahomed 

 Tahir, vizier to Alumgir, and a noble of high family. He was invested 

 with the killadarship of the fort of Talnair in Khandeish. Shortly 

 after this, according to his biographer, " The Sultan, the soul, evacu- 

 ated its fortress, its body." He is said to have composed a Diwan, 

 w hich I have in vain attempted to procure a copy of. 



Karkashi, 



Or Najin-uddin, was the panegyrist of Khajeh Khaldi^ by whom he 

 was preferred to his rival Kemal-uddin Ismail Zanjani. 



Karkhif 



Of Cazvin. A poet of some genius. The following quatrain, in an- 

 swer to Seraj-uddin Kameri, is quoted by his biographer : 



Rubdi. 



Thou hast said " sin in my opinion is not folly." 



A man would not have spoken thus ; 



Wisdom would be sin, according to thy unreasonableness j 



This by the wise is deemed the height of folly. 



