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the Sultans of Kashmir. 
Neighbouring rulers hearing of his fame became desirous of his 
friendship. Abu Said sent him a present of horses, mules and camels. 
The Sultan in return sent him aome maunds of saffron, pepper, mush, itr, 
(otto-of-roses) vinegar, shawls, cups and goblets of crystal, and other 
rarities of Kashmir. The Raja of Tibet sent him two rare swans from 
the lake of Mansarowar. These pleased the king very much. (Tho 
historian adds that when milk and water were mixed together and 
placed before them, they separated the milk from the water with their 
bill, and drank the former and left the latter in the vessel.) 
At the commencement of his reign he had appointed his younger 
brother prime minister and his heir. On his death his son Haidar was 
appointed to the offices held previously by his father. Zain-ul-Abidin 
had three sons, 'Adam Khan with whom the Sultan was always angry ; 
Haji Khan who was the beloved of his father; and Bahrain Khan his 
youngest son to whom many jagirs had been given. 
Zain-ul-Abidin must have been very rich for it is recorded of him 
that he gave a kror pieces of gold, (we are not told whether they were 
coins or not) 400 camel loads, for the repose of the soul of a man whom 
he had executed because he had been guilty of the death of his brother. 
(It is very strange that no gold coin of this Sultan has been found. 
Probably the historian means rupees. The words zar j) and tila are 
however used in the text.) 
In these daj^s the Sultan fell sick. What the sickness was we are 
not told. But we are told how he was cured. A jogi came and said he 
could cure the king. He and his disciple gained admission to the king’s 
chamber and after some time the jogi was taken away weak and faint. 
He said he had given the king his own spirit and had taken the king’s 
spirit into his own body. The author is puzzled to account for the king’s 
getting better. He supposes the jogi to have been a second Elijah and to 
have prayed over the king who at any rate recovered. The jogi was 
suitably rewarded. 
It is more than we have a right to expect that Adam Khan should be 
always content with his father’s preference of Haji Khan his next 
younger brother. Adam returning from a successful expedition against 
Tibet (Tibet was the Algiers or Tunis of Kashmir in those days) 
brought with him much plunder and of course pleased his father. Haji 
Khan was ordered to Lauharkot and Adam was ordered to stay with the 
Sultan. Haji went but without permission returned. He evidently 
thought Adam was trying to work himself into the good graces of his 
father. The Sultan ordered Haji back but he refused to go, and a 
battle w T as fought at Pulpul in which the elder brother and the Sultan 
were victorious. Haji escaped tc Bhimber. The king made a pyramid 
