Abusive language is something that's bad for health if you don't know what it means. However for Sheikh Arjulam Chisti, abusive language was a mantra. Rather than busy himself with the teachings of his gurus, he would find himself inventing a (others called it stunted) vocabulary of abusive words.
The usual suspects were there of course. The F word, the N word and so on. But there was also a regional one from Bengali which had been modified to include a banyan tree in its linguistics.
The Rani Saiba shuddered at Sheikh Arjulam Chisti's brazen use of his custom dictionary but she could do nothing much. If she denied him the royal bed, he would go to the (bountifully stocked) harem would he not? Once there he would improve further upon his dictionary. It was a typical case of dammed either way, for Arjulam Chisti wasn't pious in the least.
Then one day, the Sheikh got word that potentially hostile Bengal rulers were at his borders. I must mention that the Sheikh despised warfare and so he chanced upon a way to end the fighting before it began.
When the envoy of the Bengalis arrived, Sheikh Arjulam Chisti invited them into the court and fed them succulent legs of mutton. He presented the envoy and his retinue with copies of a volume he called "Sheikh Arjulam Chisti Ki First Class Khisti". It contained the most creative of abusive languages based on Bengali abuse.
The envoys could not believe their eyes for here was a way to write in code and outfox other enemies. I am told an alliance has been struck up with the Sheikh and frequent coded letters using the guidebook "Sheikh Arjulam Chisti Ki First Class Khisti" is used even today!
What's that? An example you say? Well, I'll give you the principle.
Just attached "ch***a" to any word in Bengali!
Is the Sheikh Arjulam Chisti real or fictional?
The Bilge Master
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