AN ACCOUNT OF THE MEN OF LEARNING IN THE TIMES OF MEERZA EESA, AND MEERZA MAHOMED BAGEE.

Meeruk Abdool Bagee and Meeruk Abdool Rahman were the two sons of Shaikh Meeruk Pooranee. They were well versed in all knowledge; their minds were quick and good; their means were much limited, yet still they were so charitable that all the poor about, and all travellers, received bread from them. Good dinner was cooked in their kitchen; but there was one dish, called Mahichuh, which they made a mixture of sweet and sour, of such a flavour that no one else could attain. They also made preserves, in which they excelled. I myself learned how to make them from them. The elder Meeruk was well versed in the theology of the east. The younger understood all kinds of knowledge, particularly that of the human body, and astronomy. They gained much wisdom from Moulana Abdool Kalig Geelanee, when he visited Tatta, and some things which were beyond his compre­hension they mastered. The younger Meeruk made additions to the Tahrir Ukledus (Euclid’s Elements), and he was a good poet. The death of Meeruk Abdool took place in 983 (A. D. 1575), and that of Rahman in 991 (A. D. 1583).