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made good, and that illness passed away, and her monthly courses
resumed their normal condition. And I called her my daughter,
* and 'she called me her father, and to-day she is to me as my
other children. -
* CONCLUSION.
My purpose in composing this treatise and inditing this dis-
course is not to flaunt my merits or recall my services, but rather
to guiderthe beginner, and also to glorify my master, the august,
divinely favoured, triumphant and victorious King Husamu'd-
Dawla wa'd-Dunya wa'd-Dm, defender of Isl4m and t the Muslims,
Lord of hosts in the worlds, pride of kings and sovereigns, exterminator
of heathens and infidels, subduer of heretics and
innovators, guardian of the days, protector of the people, forearm
of the Caliphate, beauty of the church, glory of the state,
organizer of the Arabs and 1
Persians, noblest of the world ,
S/tamsu't-Ma'a/t, Malikrfl-Umard, Abu'l-Hasan 'All ibn (AV)
Mas'ud ibnu'l-Husayn Nasiru Amtrtl-Mti'mimn (may God continue
his glory and increase his progress in prosperity !), by
whose high station the Kingly Function is magnified, and for
whose service Fortune hastens !
May God (blessed and exalted is He!) continue to embellish
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the Empire with his beauty, and the Kingdom with his- perfection
! May the eyes of my Lord's son, that divinely aided,
victorious and triumphant Prince Shamsud-Dawla wdd-Din be
brightened by his excellent conduct and heart ! May the Divine
Protection and Royal Favour be as a buckler to the majestic
statures and virtuous forms of both ! And may tht heart of my
Lord and Benefactor, that august, learned, just, divinely-aided,
victorious and triumphant King Fakhntd-Dawla wa'd-Dm,
Bahdu'l-Isldm wa'l-Muslimtn, King of the kings bf the Mounthecon-
^tains, be gladdened, not for a period but for 'ever, by
tinuance of both 1
!
1 For an account of the House of Shansab or Kings of Ghiir and their genealogy,
see Note I at the end. Fakhru'd-Din MaS'iid, whom the author praises in the concluding
sentence of his book, was the first of the Kings of Bamiyan and the father of
Shamsu'd-Din Muhammad and Husamu'd-Dfn Abu'l-Hasan 'All, bf whom the latter
was our author's r
special patron.
FINIS.