Pádsháh-i Tá´ib was profoundly versed in mysticism. Shaykh Abú `Abdalláh Junaydí was a revered director. Shaykh Abú Ṭáhir Makshúf was one of the eminent of that time. Khwája Ḥusayn Simnán is an enraptured and hopeful man. Shaykh Sahlagí was one of the principal Ṣúfí paupers (_ṣa`álík_). Aḥmad, son of Shaykh Khurqání, was an excellent successor to his father. Adíb Kumandí was one of the chief men of the time. Footnote 105: B. Kumish. Footnote 106: The texts have فرح[**Arabic] or فرخ[**Arabic], but see _Nafaḥát_, No. 171. 4. KIRMÁN. Khwája `Alí b. al-Ḥusayn al-Sírgání was the wandering devotee (_sayyáḥ_) of his age and made excellent journeys. His son, Ḥakím, is held in honour. Shaykh Muḥammad b. Salama was among the eminent of the time. Before him there have been hidden saints of God, and hopeful youths and striplings are still to be found. 5. KHURÁSÁN (where now is the shadow of God’s favour). The Shaykh and Mujtahid Abu ´l-`Abbás was the heart of spiritualism (_sirr-i ma`ání_) and had a goodly life. Khwája Abú Ja`far Muḥammad b. `Alí al-Ḥawárí is one of the eminent theosophists of this sect. Khwája Abú Ja`far Turshízí was highly esteemed. Khwája Maḥmúd of Níshápúr was regarded as an authority by his contemporaries. He was eloquent in discourse. Shaykh Muḥammad Ma`shúq had an excellent spiritual state and was aglow with love. Khwája Rashíd Muẕaffar, the son of Abú Sa`íd, will, it may be hoped, become an example to all Ṣúfís and a point to which their hearts will turn. Khwája Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥammádí of Sarakhs was the champion of the time. He was in my company for a while, and I witnessed many wondrous experiences that he had. Shaykh Aḥmad Najjár Samarqandí, who resided at Merv, was the sultan of his age. Shaykh Abu ´l-Ḥasan `Alí b. Abí `Alí al-Aswad was an excellent successor to his father, and was unique in the sublimity of his aspiration and the sagacity of his intelligence. It would be difficult to mention all the Shaykhs of Khurásán. I have met three hundred in that province alone who had such mystical endowments that a single man of them would have been enough for the whole world. This is due to the fact that the sun of love and the fortune of the Ṣúfí Path is in the ascendant in Khurásán. 6. TRANSOXIANA. The Khwája and Imám, honoured by high and low, Abú Ja`far Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn[107] al-Ḥaramí, is an ecstatic (_mustami`_) and enraptured man, who has a great affection towards the seekers of God. Khwája Abú Muḥammad Bángharí[108] had an excellent spiritual life, and there was no weakness in his devotional practices. Aḥmad Íláqí was the Shaykh of his time. He renounced forms and habits. Khwája `Árif was unparalleled in his day. `Alí b. Isḥáq was venerated and had an eloquent tongue. I have seen all these Shaykhs and ascertained the “station” of each of them. They were all profound theosophists. Footnote 107: IJ. Al-Ḥasan.