His name is Mīr ‘Abdu-'llāh* and he is an excellent penman. He is the pupil of Shāh Ghiyā and Maulānā Rāqimī, and writes seven scripts. He is enrolled among the aḥadīs. Through his mother he is related to Mīrzā Niẓāmu-d-dīn Aḥmad. He some­times turns his attention to poetry. The following verses are his:—

“Now that I have experienced the sweetness of love's
sorrow
I enjoy a thousand bursts of weeping for every laugh of
mine.”

A quatrain.

“Where is love? For my inner self is dark as the darkest
night:
The secrets of God are hidden from my understanding.
It may be that love will lead me to them, but, if not,
³⁸⁴ Then is the end of my journey far indeed from my lame
efforts.”

Another quatrain.

“If a poet form the intention of eulogizing thy greatness.
His thoughts are imprisoned in his mind by the weightiness
of the subject.
In thy reign strife has so disappeared from our midst
That the flame sympathizes with the cotton in its con-
stancy.”*