The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 2 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Religion
The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 2 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Iran -- Religion; Religions
[153] _Kishtovar_, a town in the province of Lahore, named
also _Triloknath_, situated close to the southern range of
the Kashmere hills, and 94 miles E. S. E. from the city of
Kashmere. Lat. 34° 7´ N., long. 75° 20´ E.――(_Hamilton’s E.
India Gazetteer_).
[154] _Nagarikot_, or Cote Caungra (Cata-Khankhara), a
strong fortress in the province of Lahore, 122 miles E. N.
E. from the city of Lahore. Lat. 32° 20´ N., long. 73° 42´
E.
[155] _Kabul_, the capital of the province of Kabul, in
Afghanistan. Lat. 34° 31´ N., long. 68° 34´ E.――(_Hamilton’s
E. India Gazetteer_).
[156] _Jelalabad_, a town in the province of Kabul, 73 miles
E. S. E. from the city of Kabul. Lat. 34° 6´ N., long. 69°
46´ E.――(_Hamilton’s E. India Gazetteer_).
[157] _Peshaver_, “the advanced post,” an Afghan town in the
province of Kabul. Lat. 33° 22´ N., long. 76° 37´
E.――(_Ibid._)
[158] See, about Nanak, the subsequent pages.
[159] कायस्थ, this is commonly the writer caste, proceeding
from a Kshattriya father and a Súdra mother.――(_Wilson_).
[160] Shah Wáli Ullah, or Shems Wáli Ullah is the author of
Hindustan poems, the original text of which was published in
1834, and a French translation of a part of them in 1836, by
M. Garcin de Tassy. According to this learned Indianist (see
preface to the text, pp. x. xi) Wáli was born in Surat; he
wrote about the middle of the 18th century, and was known in
India, Iran, and Turan. Is he the same with the above
mentioned Wáli? So much only can be said, till better
informed, that the ono was a contemporary of the other.
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