[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) › 8 # The Odes of Badr-i Chāch 8: In Celebration of the Completion of the Shah-náma. Kasáid of Badr Chách (extracts) 8 - **Language:** English ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.8) In the year of Arabia, represented by "the power of the king" (745 H., 1344 A.D.), heaven completed the verses which I had strung together. Every line was like a pearl, which dazzled the eye in the dead of night. \* \* \* The whole of the poem is filled with praises of the king, Shah Muhammad, the defender of the law of the Prophet, and by right the ruler of the earth, by order of the Imam. Everywhere crowned heads swear fealty to him, everywhere celebrated men are the slaves of his behests. - [Previous: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.badr-chach~en-elliot.8) · Pramāṇa