GAWILGHUR AND MOOHKTAGHENI. 
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of Berar into two governments, Gawilghur became 
one of the capitals. 
It may be mentioned, as an instance of the 
precarious value of a despot’s highest favour, that the 
active, devoted servant whom Mohummed Shah thus 
distinguished, very shortly afterwards suffered an 
unjust death at the hand of his prince, upon the bare 
accusation of some envious conspirators. An inscrip- 
tion was placed over his remains, which, by a play 
upon the numeral letters contained in the date of 
his death, records the injustice of his fate. It is thus 
written - 
If you would know the date whereupon the innocent 
martyr, truly worthy of profound veneration, whose un- 
measured bounty made the whole earth to rejoice, first drank 
the black waters of eternity, you will find it commemorated in 
<J& 
The unjust Execution. 
In Numerals. 
The fifth day of the month Suffur, a. b. 886. 
The historian above quoted relates the incident 
by which this faithful vizier acquired his name, 
Gawan, which signifies “ a cow.” Mohammed Shah 
was one evening seated upon the chubootra , or 
marble terrace, in front of the palace, surrounded by 
his nobles and officers of state, enjoying the fragrant 
fumes of his hookka and the witty converse of his 
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