THE TENTH SECTION OF THE DABISTAN explains the Míláníán system.—Mílán was one of the brave cham­pions of Iran and contemporary with Paikár; he exhorted many people to adopt his faith, which was as follows: “The air is the truly self-existent God, as it is both hot and humid; from its heat pro­ceeded fire, and from its humidity, water; from the effulgence of fire came forth the stars; from its smoke the heavens (as before mentioned); and from the frigidity of water proceeded the earth.”* One of this sect was Rohám, who passed under the designation of a draughtsman; he was in truth a painter possessed of European skill; the hand of Bahzad* and the finger of Mani,* who never remained long in one place. In the year of the Heji­rah 1040 (A. D. 1630) the author beheld him in Kashmir, in the house of Shídosh.