Note 570 — THE MERCHANT’S DAUGHTER AND THE PRINCE OF AL-IRAK[498] (continued 2)

In Arab. “Al-Kutb al-Ghauth” = lit. The pole-star of invocation for help; or simply “Al-Ghauth” is the highest degree of sanctity in the mystic fraternity of Tasawwuf. See v. 384; and Lane (A. N.) i. 232. Students who would understand these titles will consult vol. iii. chapt. 12 of The Dabistán by Shaw and Troyer, Paris and London, 1843. By the learned studies of Dr. Pertsch the authorship of this work of the religious eclecticism of Akbar’s reign, has been taken from the wrongful claimant and definitively assigned to the legitimate owner, Mobed Shah. (See Z. d. M. G. xvi. 224). It is regretable that the index of the translation is worthless as its contents are valuable.