received from him that mysteriously conveyed gift, that treasure wafted to me by the wind, as though it had been a blessing and benediction. Verses. The perfume of thy shirt has reached me, My soul was ravished by that sweet odour. I had offered a fātihah for union with thee, Praise be to God that my fātihah was accepted. And, remembering the word that he had spoken, I regarded this occurrence as a miracle, and I now preserve that Joseph's coat as I preserve my life—and praise be to God for all this! Verses. And as I have been the companion of desire for his excellency From the cradle, I hope that (that desire) will continue to the grave. Verses. Desire for thee within my mind, and love for thee within my heart, Did enter me with mother's milk, and with my life will leave me. The following is a brief account of that holy man. He was the cynosure of his time, an inspired prophet, and a worker of wonders and manifest miracles, giving clear proofs of his sanctity. He had undergone severe discipline and in holy endeavour had striven much. In early life* he acquired exoteric knowledge and had also been engaged in teaching. He had resigned himself to God and lived an eremite, going never to the houses of worldly men but once, when in obedience to the (royal) command he went from Shīrgaṛh to Gwāliyār to see Salīm Shāh, and although the Khalīfah of the age, when he was proceeding to Patan sent Shahbāz Khān to summon the Shaikh to bestow on him the honour of a visit, the Shaikh made his excuses, saying, “My secret prayers are sufficient.” He avoided to the utmost of his power the companionship of the lords of the earth, investing himself with the cloak of “Poverty is my glory.” He was constant in almsgiving, and in pointing out to searchers after truth the path of holiness, and whosoever was so aided by fortune as to be led to the Shaikh received great profit from the precious utterances of that blessing of the age and cynosure of the world. In the year H. 982 (A.D. 1574-5) his tent was pitched under the curtain of the Majesty of God the Most High, and in the Court of union with Him, may His glory be exalted! The words “Ah, Shaikh Dā'ūd the Saint!”