[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t Tawarikh of 'Abdu-l Kadir Badauni (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot) › 3.6 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 3.6 Muntakhabu-t Tawáríkh of 'Abdu-l Kádir Badáúní (extracts) 3.6 - **Language:** English ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.3.6) These circumstances sorely afflicted the Afghans, who felt that they were exposed to every kind of insult, but it was not in the power of any individual to lay their grievances before Salim Shah; until one day, when Shah Muhammad Farmuli, a noble noted for his hilarity and jocular speeches, who was a special companion of the King, took heart and exclaimed, "O my liege! two nights I dreamt that three bags descended from heaven; one containing ashes; another, gold; and the third, papers; the ashes fell upon the heads of the troops; the gold upon the houses of Hindus; and the papers fell to the lot of the royal treasury." Salim Shah did not take the allusion ill, and it had the effect of inducing him to promise that he would, on his return to Gwalior, order his accountants to disburse two years' pay to the troops, but his death, which occurred soon afterwards, prevented the fulfilment of this promise. - [Previous: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.3.5) - [Next: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.4.1) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.3.6) · Pramāṇa