He is of the Jān Qurbānī tribe.* He is accomplished in learn­ing and the sciences, and is one of the commanders of five thou­sand. His faith is orthodox. For some time he held the title of Jumlatu-l-Mulk,* and is now Governor of the Ṣūba of Kābul. He has poetical genius and facility in writing verse. The fol­lowing few couplets are by him:—

“No sooner had my sun cast the veil from off her face
Than the sun appeared no more than a mote in a sunbeam
in motion.
I am slain by that languid narcissus-like eye, which, in its
heaviness,
Has slain a whole world and composed itself to sleep.”

“Thy two dark languid eyes* play havoc with my wit and
my faith,
¹⁸⁹ With drawn bows they lie in wait for me in every corner.”

“It is not the rosebud-like arrow of my slayer that rankles
in my heart,
But my own blood which, while apart from her lips, I have
swallowed, that is clotted in my heart.”