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VI. 
Account of the Saint of MuckunporCj as referred to in p. 2,04 . 
HuzRUT Syed Buddiudeen Kotbul Muddar, the blessing of God be 
upon him! son of Syed Allie, (inhabitant of Helub) son of Syed 
Buhawoodeen, son of Syed Zuheeruddeen, son of Syed Ahmud,son 
of Syed Mahomed, son of Syed Ismail, son of Eman Jafer Sadick, 
sonofEman Mahomed Backer, son of Zonial Abedeen,son of Eman 
Hossein, the son of Ameer-ul-Momuneen, Alii ; blessings of God be 
upon him! Muddar was born at Helub, in the year 442 of theHejira, 
in the reign of Sultaun Maumoon Rusheed Abassee, and when one 
hundred years old he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, 
and paid his necessary respects, and performed his ceremonies 
there, and then was permitted by Mahomed to Habesdum, (which 
is a kind of prayer by stopping the breath.) In the time of Sultan 
Ebrahim Sherkey, he was^ordered by Mahomed to reside at Muck- 
unpore ; this Muckunpore was deserted on account of an evil 
genius called Muckna Deo. Muddar went to that place, confined 
the genius, and caused the place to be inhabited, and called it 
Muckunpore, which name it still retains. The prophet spent his 
time in religious exercises ; he had also the power of performing 
miracles, which being published throughout Hindostan, people from 
all parts came to visit him. He had fourteen hundred and forty- 
two sons, amongst them three, who were born of one mother. The 
first Kaja Shah Argoon, the second Kha Shah Funsoor, and the third 
