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 282 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [October, 1873. intelligent to continue such an act of piety. But vows arc 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 tho South Konkan, and probably elsewhere, Hindus make vows of this sort to Musalman 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 moi*9 twenty yearsago, whena Musalman 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¬ ed when the custodian of the tomb laid hands on him and uttered tho Pir’s name. It is rather sad to have to announce that after this he paid no more than the twelve annas which he had previously defrauded the Pir of. I must close this long account with a little speculation as to tho route taken in old times by travellers landing at Dabul, or embarking there: for I am sorry to say I cannot trace this with such apparent certainty as is possible in the ease of some of the more southern routes. Two of the oldest quotations I have given above speak of Dabul in connection with Bidar, and the latitude of the two places is almost identical, Dabul being about one minute south. The main river is navigable from Dabul to Chipalun, and a northerly branch of it to Khed. The great prevalence of Musalmans in Khed and the villages on that branch of tho river mako me think that that was the old route, particu¬ larly as that is nearest the direct line to Bidar. From Khed there is an easy road of only seven kox to the Amboli Ghat, and from the top of this Ghat a remarkably open tract of country towards Satara. This, then, would probably be the old route to Bidar. To Bijapur the route from the top of the Ghat would pass more to tho south, and probably through Karhad, where there are considerable Musalman remains. I have not, however, sufficient acquaintance with the coun¬ try above the Ghats 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 Ghulam Qaheb Badar.—Ed. ID Ip b is * I j S L-* U | «Vef f yi j | AJJ j j* ii ^ g L* (j cjii LL.Ijjgj LA ab*. j j (♦■=*■ I j* 1.1 * ! J Ld aU| y'XXfo Lb <—wI yj Ju J^ Isr? I («•••• ) jA y ^*1 J-"0 iS* jl y ^ gLi Ip ^Jp j5j* S° ¥>y* Lc U> lxsr^3 lb ^lA Translation by E. Rehatsek, M.C.E. Crowds*.arrived with the Shdhzadi ’Adyshah, the daughter of the Padeshah Sultan Mahmud, on a visit to the house of God [at Mekkah] from the city of Bejdpur :—several courtiers, Vezir-ul- mulk Sultanat, Bahira Khdkdn, twenty thousand cavalry and other troops; in the year one thou¬ sand seventy after the prophetic emigration. The Subah[dar] Ebrdhim Khan Nawdb Vezir-ul-mulk, finished the edifice of the mosk, tho Ka’bah of God, in four years, and the expense of building the mosk amounted to fifteen lakhs of rupees. besides tlie Hindostani expressions pandra (“ fifteen”) and did Q<ihcb, two orthographical errors: thus |y does not occur in any dictionary, and must thereforo bo which the Muntahhab explains by g^.yij y yx^j i. e. “ crowds,” and ought to be spelt “contiguous.’ ’ The word j | ought to bej (ym “cavalry” g^.ydj| is barbarous. Here the word“ anchor” appears to mean “foundation,” but is also explained iXbfc j y y y A*A j-LaId be* f y &S [jg La. “ a place where the whole day food is given to the people.”—E.R.
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