[1121] Amongst noticeable omissions from Bābur’s list of Herī celebrities are Mīr Khwānd Shāh (“Mirkhond”), his grandson Khwānd-amīr, Ḥusain Kashifī and Muinu’d-dīn al Zamjī, author of a History of Harāt which was finished in 897 AH.
[1122] Sa’du‘d-dīn Mas‘ūd, son of ‘Umar, was a native of Taft in Yazd, whence his cognomen (Bahār-i-‘ajam); he died in 792 AH.-1390 AD. (Ḥ.S. iii, 59, 343; T.R. p. 236; Rieu’s Pers. Cat. pp. 352, 453).
[1123] These are those connected with grammar and rhetoric (Erskine).
[1124] This is one of the four principal sects of Muḥammadanism (Erskine).
[1125] T.R. p. 235, for Shāh Ismā‘īl’s murders in Herī.
[1126] Superintendent of Police, who examines weights, measures and provisions, also prevents gambling, drinking and so on.
[1127] f. 137.
[1128] The rank of Mujtahid, which is not bestowed by any individual or class of men but which is the result of slow and imperceptible opinion, finally prevailing and universally acknowledged, is one of the greatest peculiarities of the religion of Persia. The Mujtahid is supposed to be elevated above human fears and human enjoyments, and to have a certain degree of infallibility and inspiration. He is consulted with reverence and awe. There is not always a Mujtahid necessarily existing. See Kæmpfer, Amoenitates Exoticae (Erskine).
[1129] muḥaddas̤, one versed in the traditional sayings and actions of Muḥammad.
[1130] Ḥ.S. iii, 340.