[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) › 227 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 227: XVI. Umati of Yazd. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 227 - **Language:** English ### [227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.227) He was well skilled in the exact sciences. He was a companion of the Khan-i-Zaman, and was captured in his rebellion. The emperor spared his life, but death, less merciful, took it from him. The following opening couplets of qasidahs are his: — “Until like dust I settled on the skirts of the robe of my beloved, I had no rest from my wanderings nor ease at my heart.” ‘We are but a handful of ashes but we carry fire in us, It would be no wonder if we were consumed by the sparks of our own sighs.’ The Khan-i-Zaman gave him a thousand rupees as a reward for composing this latter couplet. - [Previous: 226](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.226) - [Next: 228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.228) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.227) · Pramāṇa