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1871.] Notes on several Arabic and Persian Inscriptions. 
The following story was told me as a proof of Bahrain’s greatness. 
After his arrival at Bardwan, he asked the Jogi, who lived near 
the present dargah , at a place which is still pointed out, to give him 
a plot of ground ; hut Jaipal, before granting the request, wished 
to see whether Bahrain could work miracles as he himself. Now 
it happened that the Jogi had just washed his dhoti, and having 
hung it up as high as the heaven to dry, he asked Bahrain to bring 
it down. Bahrain took off one of his wooden shoes, and said to it, 
“ Go, child, fetch it down,” when all at once it flew up and come back 
with the cloth. The Jogi was now convinced of Bahrain’s power, 
and gave him the plot of ground. 
The Jarni’, or Jum’ah, Masjid of Bardwan was built by ’Azim 
ushshan,f the same prince who allowed the English to settle at 
Calcutta. 
MSS. of Saqqa’s Diwan are not numerous. There are two very fair 
ones in the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Persian MSS., 
Nos. 251, 365). I also saw several in Bardwan. The poems are 
fine, and mostly of a religious nature ; they breathe a spirit of freedom 
and independence, and bespeak a mind that will not be burdened 
with the cares of this world. They fully establish the saintly 
character of the poet. 
The following incident made a great impression on the Mujawirs, 
or persons in charge of the tomb. I shewed them a copy of Saqqa’s 
diwan, which I had made from the MS. in the Society’s Library, 
and mentioned that the first half had been written by a young 
Muhammadan, an excellent katib, who died of cholera before he 
had completed the copy. Strange to say, the last verse he wrote 
was the following— 
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Let him enter the sight of God, like Junaid and Bayazid, who like Rumi and 
’Attarf fc despises the world. 
* He was the third son of Shah’Alam Bahadur Shah, and grandson of Au- 
rangzib. His real name was Muhammad ’Azim. He attempted a julus on the 
19th Muharram, 1124, and was drowned on the 19th pair of the same year. 
•j” Four famous Muhammadan Saints. Yof zada/ti , to despise. 
