awā'is* is a dependency of Khurāsān. He was a most trustworthy man, but, as he was devoid of learning, some of his decisions were wrong. He had suffered much at the hands of the wealthy men of his time,* and was therefore always much prejudiced against them, and would, as far as possible, show favour to the poorer party, even though he were in the wrong. He did not understand that in these days it is generally the wrong-doer that cries for justice, in which connection Shaikh ⁷⁹ Abū-'l-Faẓl has said, “If the greatest of the Imāms* had lived in our time he would have written on practical theology other­wise than as he did.”

When the Khān-i-Zamān broke out into rebellion he gave a decision to the effect that the seizure of the effects of a rebel was unlawful,* and this decision led to his deposition and the appoint­ment of Qāẓī Ya‘qūb in his place. Very shortly after his de­position he passed away from this world.