The Akbarī Generations 92.2

92.2

Jam Bayazid was a man of beneficent character and of generous spirit, and was particularly anxious to promote the interests of the learned and virtuous. He is said to have sent their pensions to Multan from Shor, even during the period of actual hostilities. His generosity towards men of talent was so notorious, that many persons of distinction quitted their homes and took up their abode at Shor. He earnestly invited many others to resort to that place, and among them Maulana 'Azizu-lla, pupil of Maulana Fathu-lla, whom he urgently pressed to come. On his approach to Shor, Jam Bayazid received him with much honour, conducted him to his private apartments, and ordered his servants to pour water over the Maulana's hands, and then, by way of a blessing, to sprinkle the same water on the four corners of his house. There is a curious anecdote concerning the Maulana and Shaikh Jalalu-d din Kuraishi, wakil of Jam Bayazid, which, though not much to the purpose of this history, is yet here recorded for an example, and as an awakening from the sleep of neglect.