Chapter IX: Section I: ――on the Appearance of the Khalifet of the All-Just

_An account of the lord Khalífet_, “Vicar,” _of God_.――The author of this book heard from _Khájah Masâud_, the son of _Khájah Mahmúd_, the son of _Khájah Mirshed al hak_, who was a pious master of worldly concerns, what follows: “My honored father said he had heard from his noble ancestors, that the lord of the faith and of the world will appear; but he knew not whether that lord’s time was already come, or will come; meanwhile he saw him one night in a dream; when he rose from sleep, he went to the country where that august personage was born, that is on Sunday of the month _Rajeb_ (the seventh Arabian month), in the year of the Hejira 949 (A. D. 1543), the lord _Jelal eddin Akbar_, the august son of _Hamáyún Pádshah_ and of the praise-worthy _Bánú Bêgam_ was born.” The writer of this work heard also in the year of the Hejira 1053 (A. D. 1643-4), in Lahore, from _Mirzá Sháh Muhammed_, surnamed _Khaznín Khán_, the son of shah _Baigh Khán_, with the surname of _Khán Douran_, a native of Arghún, who is said to have asked from the Naváb _Azíz Kóka_, surnamed _Khán Aâzem_, what observation he had to make upon the rumor current relative to the Lord, the inhabitant of the ninth heaven, as to his being like the Messiah? He answered: “What the mother said, is the truth.”[35]

[35] The author does not mention any particular miracle,
which we had reason to expect from the preceding title of
this section.