Those at the other end, knowing nothing about our mdjun drank 'araq right through. At the Bed-time Prayer we rode from the boat and got into camp late. Thinking I had been drinking 'araq Muhammadl and Gadal had said to one another, " Let's do befitting service," lifted a pitcher of 'araq up to one another in turn on their horses, and came in saying with wonderful joviality and heartiness and speaking together, " Through this dark night have we come carrying this pitcher in turns !" Later on when they knew that the party was (now) meant to be otherwise and the hilarity to differ, that is to say, that [there would be that] of the mdjun band and that of the drinkers, they were much disturbed because never does a mdjun party go well with a drinking-party. Said I, "Don't upset the party! Let those who wish to drink 'araq, drink 'araq ; let those who wish to eat mdjun, eat mdjiln. Let no-one on either side make talk or allusion to the other." Some drank 'araq, some ate mdjun, and for a time the partywent on quite politely. Baba Jan the qa&uz-plzyer had not been of our party (in the boat); we invited him when we reached the tents. He asked to drink 'araq. We invited Tardi Muhammad Qibchaq also and made him a comrade of the drinkers. A mdjiln party never goes well with an 'araq or a wine-party ; the drinkers began to make wild talk and chatter from all sides, mostly in allusion to mdjun and mdjunls. Baba Jan even, when drunk, said many wild things. The drinkers soon made Tardi Khan maddrunk, by giving him one full bowl after another. Try as we did to keep things straight, nothing went well; there was much disgusting uproar; the party became intolerable and was broken up.
{March Jtk) On Monday the 5 th of the month, the country of Bhlra was given to Hindu Beg.
{March 8th) On Tuesday the Chln-ab country was bestowed on Husain Azkrak{?) and leave was given Jto him and the Chin-ab people to set out. At thi? time Sayyid 'All Khan's son Minuchihr Khan, having let us know (his intention), came and waited on me. He had started from Hindustan by the upper road, had met in with Tatar Khan Kakar;* Tatar Khan had not let him pass on, but had kept him, made him a son-in-law by giving him his own daughter, and had detained him for some time.
so:written in the MSS. Cf. Raverty's Notes and G. of I.
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