Note 288 — THE TALE OF THE KAZI AND THE BHANG-EATER.[224] (continued 2)

[In the MS.: Wa’l-Sultánu karaa Wirduh (Wirda-hu) wa jalasa li ’l-Munádamah = And the Sovran recited his appointed portion of the Koran, and then sat down to convivial converse. This reminds of the various passages of the present Shah of Persia’s Diary, in which he mentions the performance of his evening devotions, before setting out for some social gathering, say a supper in the Guildhall, which he neatly explains as a dinner after midnight (Shám ba’d az nisf-i-shab).—St.]