Muntakhab al-tawarikh 23.1

23.1

Came to the throne in the year 634 H. (1236 A.D.), and followed the path of equity and the principles of justice; set in order the affairs which had remained in confusion, and set before her the pursuit of beneficence, (which is as great a fault in women as stinginess is in men) as the object of her ambition, and made Nizamu-l-Mulk Tabarhindah, and on the way the Turks witnessing her immodest behaviour, rebelled, and seized both Sultan Raziyyah and Jamalu-d-Din Yaqut the Abyssinian, who had risen to be the Chief Amir, and confined them in the fortress of Tabarhindah: Seek not fidelity to its promise from the indolent world For this old woman is the bride of a thousand lovers. There is no sign of faithfulness to promise in the smile of the rose Lament, Oh heart-reft nightingale, for here is cause for complaint. SULTAN MU'IZZU-D-DIN BAHRAM SHAH, SON OF SHAMSU-D-DIN