He. came out to meet me with every mark of respect, and


bestowed honours on me. From the depths of distress and


hardship, I found myself raised to honour and dignity. [Verses.]|
The princely patronage and attention [of Kámrán Mirzá]


! 'The two sentences enclosed within parentheses are obviously out of place
here. They anticipate the narrative, for it could not have been till after passing
through Wakhán and arriving in Badakhshán, that the author was received by
Sulaimán Sháh.
? Three couplets iu 'Turki omitted. 'They contain reproaches addressed to
Rashid Sultan for his bad faith.—R.
3 "The translation of this passage is uncertain.
2nH2


468 Kdmrán Mirzdá and the Persians.
acted as an antidote to the numerous sufferings and griefs, which
had made the sweetness of life bitter on the palate of my soul.
[Vorses.]-. -..
At this period, one of the sons of Sháh Ismáil marched upon
Kandahar, and captured it. 1t came about thus: Sám Mirzá, one
of Sháh Ismáil's sons, fleeing with a body of men from his
brother Sháh 'Tahmásp, reached the territory of Sistán. "l'hence
he turned towards Kandahár, where was Mir Khwája Kilán.
This Mir Khwája Kilán was the son of Mauláná Muhammad 5adr,
one of the pillars of religion and state to Mirzá Amar Shaikh, son
of Mirzá Sultán Abu Said. His [Mauláná Sadr's] children, after
the death of Mirzá Amar Shaikh, entered, by hereditary succession,
the service of Bábar Pádisháh, for whom they achieved great
things. In that family their reputation stands high, for six
brothers were killed in battle on separate occasions, and this one,
Mir Khwája Kilán, alone survived.
