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Jalahajam. That same night he was deserted by Ahmad and Muham¬ 
mad Makari who fled to ’Ali Khan. Then Daulat Chakk who was one of 
those near to Husain said to him, “ Inasmuch as everybody is leaving 
us, it would be better to send all the royal insignia, about which the 
quarrel is, to ’All Khan Chakk who is your brother and not a stranger.” 
Husain Shah at once sent the royal umbrella, the yak’s tail and all the 
insignia of royalty to ’Ali Khan, by the hands of Yusuf, saying, that his 
only sin was that he was sick. After this ’AH Khan went to the house 
of Husain and visited him. Both shed tears. Husain gave up the city 
into the hands of ’Ali and went to live at Zainpur, and ’All assuming the 
title of ’All Shah, took upon himself the affairs of the kingdom. After 
three months Husain died. ’All Sliah followed the bier to the grave 
which was dug near the Hairan Bazar. 
In those days a darvesli named Shah ’Arif arrived in Kashmir from 
Lahore. He gave out that he was descended from Tahmasp king of 
Persia. He was a Shia and was dressed in the garb of a faqir : he was 
a Sufi also. He had left Husain Quli Khan Turkman the governor of 
the Panjab. ’Ali Sliah who was a Shia considering himself honoured by 
this visit expressed his pleasure and besought the holy man to marry 
his own daughter. He also called him the Mahdi of the latter days. 
’All Chakk, Nauroz Chakk and Ibrahim Chakk son of Grliazi Shah were 
all so pleased with him that they not only believed on him but actually 
worshipped him and at last, considering him worthy, determined to make 
him their king. ’Ail Shah getting to hear of this was very vexed and 
proceeded to severe measures. Shah ’Arif who was famous for his know¬ 
ledge of alchemy and his power over fairies, saw how the wind was 
blowing and gave out that he would no longer stay in Kashmir but 
would depart to Lahore or some other country in a day. After this he 
lived in seclusion, until people thought he had disappeared miraculously, 
but after three days it came out that he had given two ashrafis to a 
boatman to take him to Baramulla whence he had fled to the mountains. 
’Ali Shah sent after him and arrested him and gave him over to keepers. 
When he fled a second time he was again brought from the Sulaiman 
mountains. This time ’Ali Shah took from him his daughter and her 
dowry of 1,000 ashrafis, and had his daughter divorced from him and 
caused Khwajali Sara also to leave him and put a watch over him, and 
at last permitted him to depart to Tibet. ’Ali Rai ruler of Tibet who 
had an affection for the family of the foolish fellow ran to meet him, and 
regarded his coming as a great boon and left no rite of hospitality unper¬ 
formed. He wished him to make the country his own, and begged him 
to accept his beloved and noble daughter as his wife. He stayed there 
some time and then at the invitation of Akbar, he took his departure to 
