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Mian hailed Nirmal Parihar ; 
Then from his quiver full 
He took a shaft, and drew his bow, 
And picked off Sahar Mai. 
By God’s decree thus Gajan killed 
Those kings who wisdom lacked : 
He took possession of their fort, 
Their palace razed and sacked. 
18 . 
‘ Now by God’s grace the day is thine,* 
To Gajan Ohishti said, 
‘ And Somnath* it behovetli us 
Beneath our feet to tread.’ 
He said and straight upon that fort 
The Moslem flag was shown : 
He tore that house of idols down 
And smashed the gods of stone. 
19 . 
Whate’er my fame as poet, ’tis 
Through Lalla Ustadf won : 
The story true he told, I tell, 
And now my tale is done. 
The Saiyad Mian Gajan now 
For Saiyad Mi ran J called, 
And in the middle of the fort 
As governor installed. 
20 . 
The Moslem force to Gaura Got 
Marched from the field of strife : 
God gave the word and Gajan brought 
The Gwallas back to life. 
Like sunlit waves the spear-heads gleamed 
And drums were loud in mirth : 
Ajab Hatila’s spear had rest 
Like sleeping snake in earth. 
* The great image of the third Jain patriarch, whose shrine stands in the west 
of Mahet near the Imliya Darwaza or Tamarind Gate. 
f Nathmal Lall here introduces his teacher’s name and attributes the know¬ 
ledge of these facts (?) to him. 
% This hero is buried in Mahet and his tomb is kept in repair by a family of 
Sains who have a Sanad from Shuja’-ud-Daulah. 
