[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Persian and Urdu literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab) › [Qaṣāʾid-i Badr-i Chāch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach) › [Kasaid of Badr Chach (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot) › 5 # The Odes of Badr-i Chāch 5: The Author is despatched to Deogir. Kasáid of Badr Chách (extracts) 5 - **Language:** English ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.5) On the 1st of Sha'ban, in the year 745, represented by the letters in "The power of the king," orders were issued that I should go to the country of Deogir, and I was thus addressed: "Oh, Badr, accompanied by Jamal Malik, the poet, and Nekroz, the slave, take thy departure with a pomp worthy of Rustam. May he who accomplishes all designs aid thee; may the God of both worlds protect thee; but speak not of Deogir, for it is Daulatabad to which I allude, a fort exalted to the heavens! Although it is but a point in my kingdom, it comprises what is equal to 1,000 kingdoms of Jamshid. \* \* \* \* Go to the court of the governor of the country, Katlagh Khan, and acquire honour by this presentation, and having thy mouth in honey, say thus from me: 'Oh thou, from whose lips sugar distils, in whose fortunate breast the light of the flame of the knowledge of God is reflected; thou, that art the best of those possessed of gold; thou, that art the essence of those who are excellent among men; thou, whose bounteous hand is so munificent that the fathomless ocean is but a drop compared with it; come, and gratify me by your arrival, as water does the thirsty. If thou hast any desire to reach the summit of thy exaltation, proceed towards the north. Come and feast thy eyes upon the black khila't, so propitiously sent by the Imam of the time, and look with due reverence on the Patent which has issued from the Khalifa Abu-l 'Abbas Ahmad, the sun of the earth, and the shadow of God. It is through his justice that an antelope is able to seize the tail of a wolf. Use every exertion to come to the royal court, for henceforward you and I have obtained everlasting salvation.' "When thou, oh Badr, hast delivered this address to the Khan, kiss his hands and bow down, like a pen dipping into an inkstand. Obey every order that he gives, and deem yourself honoured with every gift that he presents. \* \* \* \* When the equipage of Jalalat Khan proceeds in state to the throne of the Sultan, the king of earth and sea, proclaim to the world that the Khwaja is coming, like the resplendent sun, with 100,000 footmen, 100,000 horsemen, 100,000 spears, and 100,000 bows, sitting in his silver ambari, like the moon in the milky way." - [Previous: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.4) - [Next: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.5) · Pramāṇa