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MONG the musicians of Shah jahan's court, the earliest to deserve mention was Shaikh Baha'uddin, a mystic who died in the second year of .
' Sher Muhammad was another mystic musician, and a disciple of Shaikh Baha'uddin.
"Though great men (ascetics and mystics) of the time took great delight in cultivating music, there was none so accomplished as he," and " no one had seen a better player of instruments or heard of any better than· he in any age.
"2 DHRUP ADISTS BUT the most honoured musician of the time, who had pre-eminence over all the rest at the court, was La'l Khan Kalawant (artist), on whom Shah Jahan bestowed the title of Gun-Samudr (Gun-Samundar in Persian.
La 'l Khan also composed songs in-the name of the emperor,8 and died at the age between 80 and 90 years.
·Other Dhrupadists mentioned by the same author were Bazld Khan 'Tujhawari ; Tulsi Ram Kalawant ; Dharam-das Kalawant, " who, having lost the elasticity of his voice, left the imperial service to settle in· Agra till his death''; Hamir Sen and his son Subal Sen. The former had seen the times of Jahangir, the latter had his musical talents impaired by the loss of his teeth at the early age of 40; and Hasan Khan Nuhar, grandson ·of Sa'id Khan and a I matchless singer.
3. That mystics not only delighted in listening to music but many of them were first-class musicians themselves.