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carried off by Qarnas, king of Jinns. Shah Sdbib, ^faqir^ had the power to order Qarnas to come into his presence when he chose, but he slept for six months every year, and so the princess had to wait till he awoke ; meanwhile, a fairy carried her off too ! In due time iliQfaqir summoned Qarnas, who brought Nigar 'Alam with him, and they heard from him the story of Nigar Iram. This made Nigar 'Alam determined to marry her, and so they all three, with Nigar 'Alam's companion, his father's minister's son, set out to find her. They found her in Babinas, an enchanted fortress, from which they released her, and all ended happily, for Nigar 'Alam married Nigar Iram, and Bahar Irani was married to Nigar 'Alam's companion.

27. Hayat Nai, Haydt the Barber, by Muhammad Shah, published, without date, at the Mufid-i-'am Press, Lahore : 14 pp. 8vo. It is in elegant Panjabi verse. Hayat, a brave man, was a " watcher " in the fields, and left his village without the know- ledge of his friends, putting Badu Ranghar in his place. During the night Hayat's enemies burnt down his hut, and Badu Ranghar in it. Hayat's relatives thereupon buried the charred remains as the body of Hayat, and, when he returned alive, held him to be a ghost until matters were eventually explained. The scene of the tale is laid at Sarli, in the Firozpur district, and the story is a well-known one.

28. SoHANi, by Gangaram, published at the Mustafa! Press, Lahore, without date : 8 pp. 8vo. It is in elegant Panjabi verse. In the time of Shahjahan of Dehli, 'Izzat Beg, a Mughal of Balkh, arrived in Gujrat, where he fell in love with Sohani, a potter's daughter. Sohani had to cross the Chindb in order to reach her lover, and was one day drowned. On hearing this, 'Izzat Beg, who had taken the Hindu name of Mahi Mall, also drowned himself. The tale is universally known.

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