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56 / Jijñāsä
Sharqi ruler who was then living in exile at Kahalgaon under the shelter of Bengal's Sultan Husain Shah. In praise of Husain Shah of Jaunpur Shaikh Kutban says:
Husain Shah ab bado Raja
Pandit aur budhwant siyānā dharma dughistil wanh kanh chhäjä dan deyi bahu ginat na äwä
rai jahan lahi gandhrap ahal
chat singhasan unh mein chhājā potha banch arath sab jānā
ham sir chhanh jiul jug rājā Bali au Karan na sarbari pāwā seva karhin bari sab chāhai
chatur sujan bhakha sab jānā, ais na dekhewu koi sabha sunhu sab kan dai, phuni ra bakhanon soi
aginit that ginai na āwā apunhi sanjhar äge kar pāwā meghdambar chhaya bahu tane turiya tap as kheh udani
gaj gavan jag saton hoi
jiyay dan jo chahe, din das seva karo sao băr jakanh bhāonh hoi chakh mailo, so ra hoi jari chhar aur ḍänäḍ Lankesar deiyi devat-hin aysu inh kar mānā dukh dãrid ao pap na rahihain sar to deun suncu jo koi
dand Indra Basuki seon leiyi inh badan koi guni siyānā jaso hans de bat ik kahihain prithi ma ais bhayau na koi papunn lewu jarinahi kawa
khardam kheh gagan sab chhāwā pachhe prai so dhuri phakawa sevä karhin rao ao răne
athi ambar bhaw puhuni jinh jāni Basuki Indra duhau budhi khoi
dharma karat kachhu kahi jāwu
adharam kiyawu na jag manh kawu, dharma karhin bahu bhāni nisi basar bibi tais-hin, budhi paras-hin to sant arath kah-hin samujhāwat soi pandit-hin achkar bakti na awa hamre kahe kahan kahi jäi tor baḍaai karai jo koi har bharja bahe jabh neru saban sunhu chit layi kar, kahaun bat haun eik au badho Husain Sah de, ah jagat kac tek canopy and throne befit him
padhhin Puran kathin jo hoi ek ek bol ka das das bhawa aur bahut unh keri badai manh munh jechh sahas jo hoi jab lag asthir rahe sumeru
Shah Husain is the great king Intelligent, erudite and man of wisdom Great as Yudhishtir, just and pious No bounds knows his bounty
He knows the scriptures and their meaning shade for us, long live O king! Bali and karna Can't keep parity