1694. LETTER CXXXVIII.

The reporters and Zabar Dast Khán* have written something regarding Saiyad Mūbárak.* Are these reports about the Saiyad right or not? The Khán considers him­self as an honest man. You should ask Ináyat Alláh Khán (about the facts of these reports). Sáleh Khán* has mana­ged well the governorship of Akbarábád. You should write to Gopál Singh for helping the Khán (in the government of the province of Akbarábád). You should write the above Khán (i.e., Sáleh Khán) a letter of condolence. (Verse) “How long will the palm tree conceal the defect of its poverty”?*