[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) › 16.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 16.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 16.1 - **Language:** English ### [16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.16.1) Succeeded to the throne, Hakim Sanai was his panegyrist. Kalilah Damnah and many other books were composed in his reign and on the day of his accession Sayyid Hasan Ghaznavi declaimed an ode of which this is the opening couplet. A shout went forth from the seven heavens, saying “Bahram Shah is Lord of the world.” And this ode he wrote in his honour, and despatched it from the sacred city of Mekka. Should it ever be that I again behold the face of the king I will apply, as a thank-offering, the dust of his feet to both my eyes Bahram Shah for whom may the lives of emperors be the ransom May it be that their lives are even worthy of the king The planets of the sky fall like meteors, if they but place a foot outside the boundary of fidelity to the king Another Bahram Shah from desire of whose sweet honied name The young tree of the kingdom hereafter brings forth parrots, (poets) - [Previous: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.15) - [Next: 16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.16.2) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.16.1) · Pramāṇa