Muntakhab al-tawarikh 226: XV. QILIJ KHAN.

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He is of the Jāni Qurbāni tribe. He is accomplished in learning and the sciences, and is one of the commanders of four thousand. sancl. His faith is orthodox. For some time he held the title of Jumlatu-l-Mulk, and is now Governor of the Suba of Kabul. He has poetical genius and facility in writing verse. The following few couplets are by him: —
“No sooner had my sun cast the veil from off her face Than the sun appeared no more than a mote in a sunbeam in motion. I am slain by that languid narcissus-like eye, which, in its heaviness, Has slain a whole world and composed itself to sleep.”
“Thy two dark languid eyes play havoc with my wit and my faith, With drawn bows they lie in wait for me in every corner.”
“It is not the rosebud-like arrow of my slayer that rankles in my heart, But my own blood which, while apart from her lips, I have swallowed, that is clotted in my heart.”