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occurrences was the coming of Tan Sen to the holy court. The brief account
of this is as follows. Inasmuch as the holy personality of H. M. the Shahinshah
is a congeries of degrees, spiritual and temporal, and a collection of
divine and terrestrial excellences, so that when matters are discussed
the master of each science imagines that the holy personality has devoted
his whole attention to his particular subject, and that all his intellect
has been expended on it, the knowledge which H. M. has of the niceties
of music, as of other sciences, is, whether of the melodies of Persia,
or the various songs of India, both as regards theory and execution, unique
for all time. As the fame of Tan Sen, who was the foremost of the age among
the kalawants [=artists] of Gwaliar, came to the royal hearing, [[280]]
and it was reported that he meditated going into retirement and that he
was spending his days in attendance on Ram Chand the Rajah of Pannah, H.
M. ordered that he should be enrolled among the court-musicians.
Jalal Khan Qurchi, who was a favourite servant, was sent with a gracious order to the Rajah for the purpose of bringing Tan Sen. The Rajah received the royal message and recognised the sending of the envoy as an honour, and sent back with him suitable presents of elephants of fame and valuable jewels, and he also gave Tan Sen suitable instruments and made him the cheek-mole [=beauty spot] of his gifts. In this year Tan Sen did homage and received exaltation. H. M. the Shahinshah was pleased and poured gifts of money into the lap of his hopes. His cap of honour was exalted above all others. As he had an upright nature and an acceptable disposition, he was cherished by a long service and association with H. M., and great developments were made by him in music and in compositions. ===========
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