[157] There exists a work entitled Isháret, composed by Asir-eddin Mifazzel, before-mentioned.
[158] The Tazkerah was written by Nasir-eddin Tusi.
[159] The Mutavel denotes a Commentary, the author of which is Sâad-eddin Taftarani (or “Tagtarani,” according to Herbelot), upon the work Meftah al alúm, “the Key of Sciences,” and which is entitled Talkhís al Meftah, “Explanation of the Key.”
[160] Baizaví is the surname of Nasir eddin Abu Said Abdalla Ben Omar, a native of the town Baizah, in the province of Fars, about forty-five miles distant from Shiraz. He was a Kází, “judge,” of the last-named town, from which he passed to Tauris, where he died in the year of the Hejira 685 or 692 (A. D. 1286 or 1292). He composed a literal Commentary in two volumes upon the Koran.
[161] Here a play upon a name is omitted: جون كامران بہ تجرد کامران است: as Kámrán, in business, is Kámrán, “fortunate.”
CHAPTER XII.
Of the Religion of the Sufiahs,[162] contained in three Sections.
Section I.—Some of their tenets.