[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 (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 135 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 135: XIV. Mīr Saiyid Jalāl-u 'd-dīn, Qādirī, of Āgra. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 135 - **Language:** English ### [135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.135) He was one of the greatest of the saiyids of Āgra and was pre-eminent in his piety and resignation to the Divine will. From his youth to the end of his life he lived in seclusion avoiding the society of the wealthy and all pomps and ceremony, and in his capacity as deputy of his holiness the Ghaus of the Everlasting God, the pole star (of religion) fixed by the Lord, the inhabitant of that place which is beyond locality, Shaikh Muḥiyyu-'d-dīn ‘Abdu-’l-Qadir-i-Jilani (may God be gratified with him and cause him to be gratified with us !), he received pupils up to the time when he bade farewell to this fleeting world. At this time his son, strong in the faith, Mir Sayyid Da’ud, is the representative of his reverend father, and spends his life in holy poverty, indigence, and peregrination. As the auspicious splendour of his dread Majesty the Emperor and the pomp of the greatness of his glorious progeny shone with ever-increasing brilliancy over the horizon, the imperial domain of Agra, the effulgence of this 87 unfortunate family has abated in splendour, and the families of other deceased saints too have declined in like manner. Couplet. “ Hundreds of thousands of children were beheaded Before he who spake with God saw the light.” - [Previous: 134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.134) - [Next: 136.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.136.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.135) · Pramāṇa