130 He was an old Shaikh who took up his residence in Sambhal. Miyān Ḥātim of Sambhal* was his pupil, and used sometimes to visit him and request him to put up a fātiḥah on his behalf. On one occasion I, when I was in attendance on the late Miyān Ḥātim in my childhood, had the honour of waiting upon the Maulānā.