Muntakhab al-tawarikh 228: XVII. QAIDI OF SHIRAZ.
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 228
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He was for some time in Kashmir with Mirza Yusuf Khan, and there he composed a poem on the people of the city in which he dwelt. The following couplet occurs in it:—
“ Sarmadi is the squirrel of the tree of the poets. He loves the stature of Orion and the feelers of the Crab.”
On a youth who was beloved by Mirza Yusuf Khan he wrote the following couplet:—
‘Mirza Yusuf, the prince of the age, is in love; He loves not pure love, but he loves the beauty of others.’