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 MAN 465 diately released them all, and sent Malik Jhaju to Mooltan, where he allow- ed him a liberal establishment for the rest of his days." These events occurred about 689-90 Hijri (A.D., 1290-91). Jalál-ud-dín then appointed his own nephew (Alá-ud-din) to the vacant Governorship of Karra, and shortly afterwards bestowed on him in addi- tion the government of Oudh. Alb-ud-dín, however continued to reside in Karra, and to make it his headquarters, so that for a time at least the Oudh Government may be said to have been administered from Mánik- pur. The murder of Jalál-ud-dín (A.D., 1295), one of the most affecting inci- dents in the history of India, need not be related here: it took place at Mánikpur, and added a dark tragedy to the romantic annals of the spot. The Gardezis. Before proceeding further, it is necessary to introduce on the scene a sect famous for their religious tenets, and whose mission was the world wide dissenination of these tenets, I refer to the Gardezis. Their progenitors in India were two brothers, Shaháb-ud-din and Shams- ud-dín, men of high family, who came from Gardez in the reign of Shams- ud-din Altamsh-ie., between 607 and 633 Hijri (A.D. 1211 and 1236). The elder brother, Shams-ud-dín, settled in Rewa; while the younger, pro- ceeding further south, took up his abode in Mánikpur in obedience to the divine direction vouchsafed to him in a vision. Maulana Ismáll Qureshi.—During the same reign there also came to Mánikpur from Yaman a certain individual named Maulana Ismail Qureshi; said to have been a direct descendant of Ibrahhím-bin-Adam, king of Balkh and Bokhára, who again is said to be directly descended from the second Khalífa Umar, surnamed Farrukh. The present Musalman inhabitants of Mánikpur and the vicinity all trace their origin to the early settlers of the three sects of Dámghánis, Gardezis, and Makhdum-zádas. There are a few Pathán families, but these are comparatively recent settlers. With a very small cxception all are of the Sunni persuasion, and have always been so. Makhdum Jahánián Jahángasht and the Dámghánis.- There is nothing now to chronicle until we reach the year 795 Hijri (A.D. 1393). In which year during the reign of Násir-ud-din Tughlaq, son of Firoz (also styled Muhammad Shah), there arrived at Mánikpur a personage named Sayyad Jalál-ud-din, who is better known as Makhdum Jahánián Jahángasht.* This individual is reported to have been a saint of the first water, and had been sent for from Aöch near Lahore, to soothe the last moments of the dying Alá-ud-din of Bengal, and to perform his funeral obsequies. Having discharged these duties, the holy man went to the court of Khwaja Jahán, king of Jaunpur, where he received as his disciple the famous Ibráhím Sharqi, brother of Mubárak Shah, the adopted son of Khwaja Jahán. From Jaunpur Makhdúm Jahánian travelled up to Mánikpur, and arrived in the Dámghánis' muhalla or quarter on the great Id-ul-fitr. Proceeding to the mosque for the purpose of prayer, he
 * Or" world-wide traveller,