42 W- Irvine — Jangnamah of Farrukhsiyar and JaMnddr ^ah. [No. 1, 
Gita Chand (695-894). 
695 Again Mir Jnmlah, the hero, forwarded thence a report, 
The runner with paper in hand came to the darbar door, 
Mumtaz Qan took the writing, delivered it to the king, 
Taqarrnb Khan took it, and forthwith read out the contents. 
The clever agent of the Wazir, Sayyid ‘Abdullah Khan. 
700 The Kayatli, Siroman Das Rae, lord of Saudi town, 
Frequenting the audiences of Mu‘izzu-d-dm he learnt the truth. 
He wrote to Qutbu-l-mulk all the news of importance. 
“ Here Mu‘izzu-d-din, pnffed-up, maddest of the mad, goes on 
drinking, 
“ All the musicians are made nobles, they do what their heart 
desires, 
705 “ At every moment in their mind arises joy for some brother, 
“ Who has got fish-dignity, flag, hand, yak-tail, and kettle- 
drums. 
“ They load with wine, their bullets are opium pills, 
“Long and short drums are their cannon, long horns replace 
muskets, 
“ Instead of a gun-match they fill cups, they conquer floods of 
hhang, 
710 “ Night and day are thus noised abroad their plans for war and 
battle-field. 
“ All the lily-eyed, pain-quelling beauties are collected, 
“ The cleverest dancers wave in the hall their dusky locks, 
“ Passion kindles by their songs, he hears sweet poet’s rhymes, 
“ He beholds attentively the dances of the pretty juggler boys. 
715 “ Here a group of drunken players, there the overtures of loose 
women, 
“ Here dance joyous eunuchs, moving with great quickness, 
“ There boys run about, making the darhdr a sodomites’ resort, 
“ This is Mu‘izzu-d-din’s madness, he attends to nothing else. 
“ Power is usurped by Kokaltash Khan and Zu’lfiqar Khan. 
720 “ Both attend the darhdr, there is great enmity between them, 
“ As a sick man shuts his eyes and gulps down bitter juice 
reluctantly, 
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“ Brave Ghaziu-d-din Khan and Muhammad Amin Khan have 
been gained, 
“ ‘Abdu-s-samad Khan, Qamru-d-din Khan, Zakariya Khan, 
have come over, 
725 “ Then Rahim Khan and all the Turanis have been got at. 
