[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) › 174.4 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 174.4 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 174.4 - **Language:** English ### [174.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.174.4) When he reached Kashmir he sent me from there another letter, which was the last he wrote. I copy it here. “In the presence of the bounteous Shaikh ‘Abdu-l-Qadir, him who is removed beyond the need of praise, recommendation, or encomium, that is to say our lord and leader in learning, — may this letter be opened. Without a doubt Badaoni excels Dawwani In all branches of learning, Thus a proof of the superabundance of the signification of his name Is that its very beginning appears to be redundant. As to the suppliant letters which from time to time I send to you, although owing to their not being worthy of an answer I do not trouble your wonder-describing pen to write one, nevertheless the pen of sincere friendship cannot be restrained from running on in (its desire of) setting forth my submission to you. I hope that whenever you sit in the Nauwāb Tām Fayyāzī's apartment of fragrant grass, on the floor with its matting cooler than the breezes of Kashmir, in the midday heat of summer, drinking the water which though warm, has been cooled with ice, and listening to sublime talk and witty conversation, you will think on me the captive of the hardships of disappointment. Couplet. Ah! ye who meet in the cheerful assembly of union extend a helping hand to the absent; For the hand of those who thus meet is never withheld from the absent. - [Previous: 174.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.174.3) - [Next: 174.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.174.5) - [Up: 174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.174) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.174.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.174.4) · Pramāṇa