1 to fenMdiB them tor ootiboid and ttiaASsuAm^ M the 'oafy-ttan of
2 nicoen. Hb wwkB contain • foil aoeount of^liiiiiMl^ «m1 liii |iio«
3 oeedingiB. One poem begini thus:
4 " Com*, and listen to niy story,
5 In whirl) hotli ir<KHl and evil are displayed.
6 It contaiiiii boUi precept and example^
7 Agreedbfe to the understanding of Ae viWi
8 I am WMMiAlif^ilj Aegon ^tAmtJhMMkm »
9 Descended from a race of warriors.
10 Shaubauz was the son of NVhcin Khaim,
11 Like whom there never wafi another youths
12 Ydieia Kbaon, of Aoont»
13 Wlio was a Sidtan at tJbe sword.
14 He wa» both gallant at the use of the swofdf' - *
15 And a master of archery with \m bow.
16 Any enemy that agpeared against him
17 800Q frp'Mt bit plaoa in 4ia tMwiK
18 He had both dtt awofd and dte boaid}
19 Bodk coinage and courtesy.
20 His compnoions
21 • Wfliani^io^ipiritywlioqNirtedtrilliduirlimi
22 And m nIT fraBiaftiraM ihrjr wxrn ninrrrw
23 They went to their graves dyed wtth blbol '
24 Such Iieroes were they all.
25 , > The laiuily bccftmc numerous ;
26 And moat of them tamed out worthy men,
27 Unilad in efayanderlaldDg.
28 Honour and reputation were dear to them atL
29 It was in the year of the Hcjra lolif ,
30 . ■ ■ ' ■ That i came ixito tins world." ' • *
31 *
32 - tL% then goes ion to teO, hov on fan &ther*» deitth, fae booame die
33 great'Xhim of hit tribe ; faow he ruled Sorer $0^000 Khuttak% and
34 fiTod in gicater aplendoor than any of hia anceiton. He enimienteil
35 IdtlioseeBf faitfainrlEg» and hia hoands} andlioaati of theliieiwnidt
36 thafc.had partaken of his hoipitality. He then alludes to bis niifittw
37 tunes ; and bunts into invectiTes against the Mognls, isnd into bitter
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