[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) › 36 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 36: Friendship of the Author of the Tabakat-i Akbari. Muntakhabu-t Tawáríkh of 'Abdu-l Kádir Badáúní (extracts) 36 - **Language:** English ### [36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.36) \[Text, vol. ii. p. 296.\] \[One day when near Kabul, the Emperor directed the Sadr-i Jahan to make out and present to him a list of the pensioners (ahl-i sa'adat) who were present with the army, and another of those who were absent. When my (the author's) name came up, the late Khwája Nizamu-d dín Ahmad, the author of the Táríkh-i Nizámí, with whom I had become acquainted about a year before that time, but who was as friendly as if I had known him a hundred years, in the great kindness and consideration which he showed to all his friends, and to me in particular, caused me to be put down and returned as sick. - [Previous: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.35) - [Next: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-elliot.36) · Pramāṇa