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by his bloodless corse gave evidence that he was 
under the especial favour of Alla and the Prophet. 
His remains were interred with all the pomp and 
distinction due to their extraordinary merits, and 
the mausoleum which bears his name was raised over 
them. 
Since the day of his death the fame of Raiman 
Shah Doola has continued to spread throughout the 
Dekkan, and his tomb is the resort of pilgrims from 
the most distant provinces. Is a mother childless, a 
father wifeless, a poor man friendless, a rich man sore 
at heart or afflicted with disease ; does a farmer desire 
to avert blight or secure propitious weather ; would 
the herdsman see his flocks increased a hundred- 
fold ; has the dying man a desire to live, he who is 
weary of life a wish to die, or the happy and con- 
tented person a disposition to be thankful? let him 
hasten to the shrine of Paiman Shah Doola; especially 
upon the glorious anniversary of his death. The 
Moollas declare, and we may readily believe that, 
out of the thousands, the millions, who perform the 
pilgrimage, very many have their reward, crowds 
indeed obtain what they seek ; and it is very correctly 
affirmed by the faithful, that those who are suffered 
to depart disappointed have failed only because they 
have not succeeded in rendering themselves acceptable 
to the saint. The more favoured of the devotees 
