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[OCTOBER, 1873.

THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.

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intelligent to continue such an act of picty. But vows are still made to the Pir by those in distress, and especially by seafaring people, the mosque being a very conspicuous landmark; and, as in most places in the South Konkan, and probably elsewhere, Hindus make vows of this sort to Musalmán Pirs without any exclusive bigotry. There is an assembly of villagers every year in the month of Rajab, and then only it is said to be safe to pass the night near the mosque, madness being the penalty of doing so at other times. Only one miracle is remem bered as having been worked by the Pir, and that not more twenty years ago, whena Musalmān

considerable Musalmān remains.

I have not,

however, sufficient acquaintance with the coun try above the Ghâts to say anything with confi dence about these routes, nor is it necessary for my purpose to do more than indicate the ulti mate point to which travellers would tend. Note.

Accompanying Mr. Vidal's paper was the fol lowing document, being a copy of a Persian paper in possession of Ghulām (, áheb Badar.—ED.

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having vowed a rupee and a quarter to the Pir, basely paid only eight annas. As soon as he left the place he fell down senseless, and only recover

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ed when the custodian of the tomb laid hands on him and uttered the Pir's name.

It is rather

sad to have to announce that after this he paid

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no more than the twelve annas which he had

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previously defrauded the Pir of. I must close this long account with a little speculation as to the route taken in old times by travellers landing at Dâbul, or embarking there: for I am sorry to say I cannot trace this with such apparent certainty as is possible in the case of some of the more southern routes.

Two of the oldest quotations I have given above speak of Dābul in connection with Bidar, and the latitude of the two places is almost identical, Dābul being about one minute south. The main river is navigable from Dābul to Chipalun, and a northerly branch of it to Khed. The great prevalence of Musalmāns in Khed and the villages on that branch of the river make me think that that was the old route, particu

larly as that is nearest the direct line to Bilar. From Khed there is an easy road of only seven

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2=le º es” tº ests. J. & 23, 's Translation by E. Rehatsch, M.C.E. Crowds* arrived with the Shāhzādī 'Aayshah,

the daughter of the Pádeshah Sultán Mahmūd. on a visit to the house of God [at Mekkah) from the city of Bejápúr –several courtiers, Vezir-ul

mulk Sultanat, Bahirá Khákán, twenty thousand kos to the Amboli Ghāt, and from the top of this

Ghàt a remarkably open tract of country towards Satárá. This, then, would probably be the old route to Bidar. To Bijapur the route from the top of the Ghāt would pass more to the south, and probably through Karhād, where there are

• This is not a good specimen of composition, containing,

cavalry and other troops; in the year one thou sand seventy after the prophetic emigration. The Subahdārī Ebrāhīm Khán Nawāb Vezir-ul-mulk, finished the edifice of the mosk, the Ka'bah of

God, in four years, and the expense of building the mosk amounted to fifteen lakhs of rupees. “contiguous.” The word; |;i-

besides the Hindostani expressions pandra (“fifteen”) and

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Mā Q&heb, two orthographical errors: thus -š | 33

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does not

ought to be 12- “cavalry.”

rºl and the spelling cº

is barbarous.

Here the

word ,<!, “aneur”

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appears to mean “ foundation,” but is also explained

which the Mºntakhab explains by sº. 2 jū- re,”

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i. e. “crowds,” and U-3-o ought to be spelt U-23 c

where the whole day food is given to the people.”—E.R.

occur in any dictionary, and must therefore be

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