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 29G THE INDIAN AKTCQUATIY. [Oct/ to the human race, and the best words are those which are the fewest and the most instructive." On being- asked to appoint a worthy snee he u he name of Chelebi Hisam- al-din; tlio question being thrice repeated, he gave the fourth time the same reply. Being questioned concerning his son SnttanVulnd, he replied, "He 13 a hero, there is no necessity for any injunction about him." Then Chelebi Hisfun-al-din asked the Miuila whom he wished to pray over Ins corpse at the burial, and he said, " S h e i k h £ a d r-a 1-d i n." Ho expired at sunset on the 5th of the month Jomadi H. a. n. G72 (13fh December a.o. 1273), at the age of 68 years according to the Muhammadan, or 6t> according to the Christian reckoning, at Koniah, i.e. lconium, in Asia Minor, where ho had spent the greater portion of his life-, and from its being in the Turkish dominions he obtained I he surname of Rum!, The above Sultan V u 1 u d was also a poet, and died at Koniah, a.h. 712 (1312). He is called BehA-al-din, of the same name wi ; Ii Jellal-al-din's lather, who, when our poet was yet a boy, being displeased with the government of Khowarizmshah, determined to emigrate for ever from the dislrict of Balkh, under the pretence of going on a pilgrimage to Mekkah. Accordingly he departed with this son and went first to N" is hap fir, where they made the ac- quaintance of Shei kh Farid - al-din A ' t- fc A r, who had gathered aronnd him many dis- cij.lis, and who discovered the precocions talents of the buy, presenting him with the Esrdr- and ottering the prediction! — "How quick, he said, will I his unruly lad Throw burning fire on anxious souls !" Both father and son continued their tr. in the company of a valuable guide and spiritual teacher, S a y y i d T a r m a d, whose sobriquet was Burn an ; mi b him they visited the holy shrines oiMtkk;di and Jerusalem. They bad not completed one half of their intended touT, however, when he took leave and advised them to settle in Turkey. Accordingly BeM-al-din took his eon JellAl-al-d in I o K l0re t ], er ^^^ lished themselves and ceased .'liqir wanderings. At that time 'A Ha -al-din, the SeKu] governed the country ; he was so pleased with the company of Bctu-al-diu that he became his disciple ; when his father died Jell al-al- din took his place, but he soon got tired of worldly honours, and, abandoning his position, dedicated himself wholly to spiritual life : — Ai*g (jiv-jjOJ j cLa» *y«cli iiU) ay. **?&. j& j* cjf**'* 3 3* "But schools and honours pleased him not ; His nature's aspirations wore more hi»h, His pomp and glory seemed but folly to himself, — Attraction of the spirit- world held his heart.'' He sought cousolation in the society of kin- dred spirits, the chief of whom were Shams- al-dinTabriz i — whose name appears at the end of almost every ode of his DineSn in token of affection, because Jallal-al-din himself ac- knowledged him as his spiritual guide— and Hisilm-al-di n. Shams-al-din Tabrizi, whose fell name is MuHana Shams-al-din 'Ali Ben Malafc DadTabrizi. appears to have been a rest less character and an innovator. He tr&ve I [qd about much and made mini y enemies. Whan Shams- al-din arrived at Koniah for the first time, he paid a visit to .!:i!l.U-;il-din, who happened to be sitting near a tank with several books near him ; he asked what they were, and on being told that they were called Kyi w IOit. he said, " What have you to do wiih thein'r" and threw them all into the water. The Mulla exclaimed with a sigh, "O Dervish, what have yon done? Some of these were my father's compositions, which cannot be replaced E" Hereupon Sharas-al- din pat his hand into the water and pulled out all the hooks, one after the other ; and lo, not one of them was wet, Jellil-al-din WW much astonished, but Shams-al-din rejoined, "This
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spiritual matters I-" And their intimacy began from th;it 1 tuns-ai-din was constantly roaming fthoni He wore a robe of coarse black cloth, and toofclodginga in the caravanserai at whatever place he happen re. ' Ho came bo Koniah there on (hat occasion longer thou one year, as an attempt was made on his life. At that time JelUhd-din liumi saw his friend for the
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