266 A brief Jiolice of some of the LOt. 



Auhadi. 



A celebrated poet, called also Maregah, flourished in the 7th 

 century of the Hejira, and died about A. H. 696 at Ispahan, during the 

 reign of Gazan Khan, son of Arjun Khan. His tomb is in the city, 

 and is held in great reverence. His tutor, Shaikh Shehab Uddin, was 

 a man of great piety, and was accustomed to recite after evening 

 prayer the whole of the koran. Maregah thus brought up did not fail 

 to make considerable progress in metaphysical studies. His biogra- 

 pher thus observes in palliation of his being a poet — " Although 

 Maregah* s elegant and playful disposition led him to the composition 

 of poetry, yet the graver study of the mystic tenets of the Sufis was 

 what engrossed his more serious attention ; so much so that he accom- 

 plished the translation of the book Jam Jam, the Mirror of Sufiism, in 

 the incredibly short space of a single month." The first sixty years of 

 his life were passed in indigence and poverty ; but finally, " the sun of 

 his fortunes emerging from the clouds of obscurity that shaded its rise, 

 set in glorious splendour and effulgence." 



Mir Khosro. 



Flourished in the 14th century of the Christian era. Khosro is justly 

 celebrated throughout the east for the purity and elegance of his style. 

 He produced a khamseh in emulation of the celebrated composition, 

 known under that title, of Niz&mi, which it resembles both in subject 

 and metre. The Durya-i-abrar, a mystic poem, is from Khosro' s pen. 



Mohammed Kalebi. 



Or Bin-Abdallah at Nishapuri, was born at Tarshiz in Khorassan, 

 whence he is sometimes termed Tarshizi. He resided at Nishapur 

 under the protection of Sultan Mirza Ibrahim. His works are nu- 

 merous : among them is a poem on the loves of Bahram and the fair Gul- 

 anddm — the Kitab-i-Husn-wa Ishk — the Deli Bdb — the Nasir-i-Man- 

 sur — the Majina al Bahrain and a Medah in praise of the Sultan, every 

 verse of which terminates with the word Gul—a. rose. Katebi, while 



