Indian Antiquary Vol 60

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ May, 1931
the cook to give his own leg to the fowl to replace the one he had eaten. One of his disciples, however, pointed out that a human leg on a fowl would look monstrous. Akhủnd Mull& Shah felt ashamed at all this and asked pardon from Rishi Pir. And those people who had thought that he was going to lose his caste became equally ashamed and marvelled at his supernatural powers.
Rishi Pir then returned home. Mulla Shah went to see two ascetics named Saiyid Kamal, alias Thaga Baba, and Amir Murâdâz, both of whom were living near the Watal Kadal Bridge, and told them what had occurred at the feast he wanted to give to Rishi Pir. They advised him not to entangle himself by playing jokes upon such a holy man in future and to send a letter of apology for what had occurred. Mulla Shah returned and wrote to Kishi Pir the following epistle in exceedingly submissive terms, asking for direction in the seemingly conflicting theistio theories :
نو از این دعا رسد . اگر گویم پیچم یا رب میفرماید که من ازين ويې ولد يج بن یم و توام -اگر گویم او من ام شریعت میفرماید ادب کو حل کرده جواب مهربانی فرمایند -
" Compliments presented by me, an ignoramus, son of an ignoramus, grandson of an ignoramus, humblest of the humble. If I say I am humble, God says 'I am thou'; I I say I am He,' religion taboos it as impertinence. Please solve this dilemma and reply."
(To be continued.)
MISCELLANEA. In the (London) Morning Post the Indian special attacked the Governor there, who wae killed after correspondent telegraphs as follows on 8 August 1930 : his escort had been overpowered. Lorries conveying
"Since Kohidaman is a stronghold of the former Government troops were ambushed by these rebels, adherente of Bacha-i-Sakko, who was executed by who were subsequently dispersed and driven off King Nadir after his brief tenure of the throne, to the hills." thoro is grave apprehension that the present insur- Being unaware, apparently, that Koh-s-daman gence of the Afridis on the North-West frontier means the 'skirt mountains, or 'foot hills,' and might develop into serious proportions and envelop misled by the termination man, the correspondent Afghanistan proper, and also thereby endanger treate "the Kohidamans" as an Afghan tribe. King Nedir.
Ono wonders almost why he did not write "KohidaTrouble among the Kohidamans arose on July 31 men," like the "Mussulmen " quoted elsewhere in last, when they attempted the recovery of rifles these pages. At any rato a new "Hobeon-Jobeon " belonging to the Afghan Government. The inci has been fairly started. dents, briefly summarised, are that the Kohidamans
R. C. TEMPLE. BOOK-NOTICES, CATALOGUE OF THE INDIAN COLLECTIONS IN THE the dynasty to have leisure to dovote to the syste
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, Part VI, Mughal matic encouragement of art, both indigenous and Painting. By A. K. COOMARASWAMY, D.Sc. imported. It must be remembered that painting 111x 87 in.; pages 114, with frontispiece in colour had attained a high standard of merit in India from and 74 plates. Harvard University Press, Cam. very early times; and the indigenous talent was fully bridge, Mass.
prepared to assimilate the influences of the art of The collection of Mughal paintings in the Boston Persia, & further infiltration of which came with Museum includes the well known Ross and Goloubew| Humay ân on his return from exile in that country, collections and contains a very representative series and of the art of Herot and Central Asia that had of paintings and drawings of the reigns of the Mughal entered with Babur and his followers. Akber apemperors, from Akbar to Aurangzeb, as well as pears to have maintained a large school of painting examples of the “late Mughal," "Dakhani" and at Fathpur Sikri, where the majority of the artists "Patna" schools. These are described with appro. were probably Hindus, to judge from the list of priate detail in this Catalogue by that expert in famous painters of his time given by Abul Fapl, Indian art, Dr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, with a who adde, regarding the work of Hindu artiste : historical introduction, a bibliography of Muhamma- “Their pictures surpass our conceptions of things. dan painting and three useful indexce. Akbar, who Few, indeed, in the whole world are found equal to inherited from his father and grandfather a keen them." Under his son, Jahangir, who (characteristi. appreciation of art and literature, having consolically !) dilates in his Tizuk on his own acumen in dated the empire upon a firm basis, was the first of judging painting, portraiture of the miniature type