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THE MODERN LITERARY HISTORY OF HINDUSTAN. 
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down to A.D. 1718. Sib Siijgh states that he has derived great 
assistance from this work in writing his Saroj (which indeed appears 
to be the fact). He adds that he has in his library a splendid work by 
the same author entitled Jahjiraband. 
His son was Uday l\ldth Kablndr’ (No. 334), and his grandson the 
poet Dulah (No. 358), both celebrated authors. 
i6o. ^ frrgr, Sukh Deb Misar, the Kabiraj or 
poet-laureate, of Kampila . FI. cir. 1700 A.D. 
Nir., Sat., Sun. He is counted as one of the masters of vernacular 
composition. He attended the court of Baja Raj Sirjgh, son of Baja 
Arjun Sirjgh, of Gaur, and obtained from him the title of Kabiraj 
or poet-laureate. There he wrote a treatise on prosody entitled Brit 
Bichar, which is considered to be the best of all works of its kind. 
Thence he went to the court of Baja Himmat Siygh, of Amethl, 
where he wrote another prosody entitled Chhand Bichar . Thence he 
repaired to Nawab Fazil ‘AH Khan , minister of Aurayg’zeb, where 
he wrote a famous work on vernacular composition (*rrf5Hl) entitled 
Phajil AH Par’kas (attributed by Garcin de Tassy, i, 479, but with 
hesitation, to one Sukdeb, quoting from Ward, A View, etc., ii, 481). 
He was also author of the Adhyatma Par’kas and the Das’rath Ray. 
His most famous pupil was Jai Deb (No. 161), of Kampila . Cf. 
No. 661. 
161. W the poet Jai Deb, of Kampila . FI. cir. 
1700 A.D. 
He attended the court of Nawab Fazil ‘AH Khan, and was a pupil 
of Sukh Deb Misar (No. 160), of Kampila . 
162. Nath. FI. cir. 1700 A.D. 
? Sun. He attended the court of Fazil ‘All Khan • He is possibly the 
same as a Nath Kabi who attended the court of Bhag’want Ray, 
Khichi (No. 333), who died 1760. (Cf. Nos. 68,147, 440, 632, and 850.) 
