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13. 1. U sera sdha, K sera sdha, TJ s ulatand bhdnd. Ia cdrihi, 1c cdri-u , Is 
K jaga. 2. Ib transposes 11. 1 and 2. Ib ohi Tcaha chaja chatara au pdtd, Is chaja 
chdld au, U Shi chdtra sdju au, K ohi pai chaja chatra au, la J K pdtd lilatd. Ib 
rajai, Ic sabha raja, Id sabha (or sabahi) rdjanha (or rdjahi). Is K sdba rdjanha, U saba 
rdjdnu (?; ; 3. Ia K gunawanta, led sabahi, Ib bidhi pdrd, Is nidhipdrd. 4. Is nawdi 
nawa Tchadahu, K nawa nau hhadahi. The final word of the half line may be 
transcribed either bhai or bhae. All N give the former, but printed editions give the 
latter. So also may be either nai or nad. I prefer bhai and nai as giving the 
best sense. lad sdtahi. U dipa dunid, Is dipa dunld sira. 6. Ibds taha lagi. la 
Tcharaga bala, Icds Tch° para ; la, j ala lcarana na TcinhS, 
Ic Id HJ^Iji U julilcandhara Teinha. 6. Ib dewajabahi bhara miithi U juga 
kaha jiwa dinha, K jaga Tcaha jiti linha gahi miithi. Ia puhumi bhara 'saba linha 
samhdri \ ohi saJcai puhumipati bhdri || K puhumi bhara ohi eTca sabhdrd | tau thira 
rahai sakala sansdrd [| 9. Ia pddashdha, Ic bddashdha, K tuha jaga para jaga tohdra. 
13. Sher Shah is Sultan of Delhi, who warmeth the whole world 1 
‘Usman ibn Afflan was one of Muhammad’s first converts, and married his 
daughter. He was elected third Caliph on the death of ‘Umar. The QurSn was 
compiled in its present form in his reign. He was killed at the age of eighty in 
656, m the rebellion which arose in consequence of the movement, the ultimate 
aim of which, was tho deposition of ‘Usman in favour of ‘_A.1T. 
‘All ibn Abu Talib was Muhammad’s cousin, and one of his first converts. He 
followed him to Medina three days after the Flight. He succee4ed ‘Usrn'hn as 
fourth Caliph in 656, and was murdered in 661 A. D. 
The first compilation of the Quran was undertaken by Zfiid ibn SSbit, who was 
appointed to the work by the Caliph Abu Bakr at the instigation of ‘Umar. Ziiid 
had been an amanuensis of Muhammad. This redaction had no canonical authority 
and discrepancies in the text soon appeared. Accordingly, about 659 ‘Usman con- 
fided to Zaid and three other Quraishites the preparation of an edition which was 
to be canonical for all Muslims. This text was completed in 660, and is the one 
which is now extant. 
1 Lit., the four quarters. The use of Tchanda is uncommon, but it is the only 
meaning which I can suggest here. An Urdu gloss gives 
