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H. Beveridge—Dafe of the Death of Nur Quth ‘ Aalam . [No. 1* 
preface that anecdotes and conversations of the Makhdum had been 
recorded by his disciples Hafiz Ibrahim and MullI Qasim Katib, but 
that they had not been gathered into one place. Hence the title of his 
work. Apparently the author was ordered to compose his work by 
Maulana Dost, a disciple of the Makhdum. The MS. is a small, thick 
octavo well-written and well preserved. Both MSS. describe Kamalu- 
d-din Majnun’s marriage with the daughter of Sultan Iliq Mazi of Far^ 
ghana, the birth of Burhaual-maujidin, and his succeeding his father, 
in-law on the throne. Their accounts correspond with the beginning 
of Mr. Shaw’s epitome p. 31, l.c., and they are probably the sources 
of M. Sadiq’s book which was written in 1768. The Anlsu-t-talibin 
calls Sultan lliq Mazi the grandson of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan 
which is also Mr. Shaw’s statement. It may interest students of 
Central Asian history to know that Mr. Shaw’s English papers, and 
also his MS. of Muhammad Sadiq Kashghari (in Turk!) are in the 
Oriental department of the British Museum. In the same press in the 
Institute-library which contains the two MSS. above described there is 
a shelf full of TurkI MSS. One of them is a history and another is a 
biography of Hazrat Afaq. 1 These MSS. also were presented by 
General Younghusband. The Shaw papers in the British Museum were 
presented by Mrs. Younghusband. 
A See appendix to Shaw’s epitome, l.o. and Dr. Bellew’s history of Kashghar, 
Yarkand Report, p. 176. 
A short Note on the Date of the Death of Nur Quth 1 Aalam.—By 
H. Beveridge, Esq. 
[Read 6th November, 1901.] 
In a note published in the J.A.S.B. for 1892, Part I, p. 124, I 
stated that a book in the possession of the guardian of Nur Qutb’s 
throne at Pandua was said to give 7 Zi-l-qada 818 as the date of the 
Saint’s death. Lately I have found this date confirmed by the Mirat-al- 
asrar, B.M. MS. Or., 216, which on p. 4796 gives the date as 30 Zi-l- 
qada 818 and also gives the same chronogram “ Nur hufir shud .” This 
is interesting for the Mirat-al-asrar was written in 1045 A.H. 
(1635 A.D.) and the difference in the day of the month seems to show 
that the guardian’s book and the Mirat are independent authorities. The 
Mirat has a long biography of the Saint, and another of his father. 
