Muntakhab al-tawarikh 236.2

236.2

As it was dug in the name of the prince Sultan Salim, it was called Shaikhunai, which word gives a chronogram for the date of its completion. Nai in Hindi means “a stream.” At length cruel fate brought utter ruin upon him so that he endured many hardships and privations. When His Majesty in A.H. 994 (A.D. 1586) departed for Atak he appointed Mulla Nuru-d-din to the trusteeship of the tomb of the late Emperor in the imperial city of Dihli, and there the Mulla died. The following verses are excerpts from his poems:— “Sad at heart am I sitting, far from those smiling lips, Like the rose bud am I sitting, with my head cast down to my collar.” “In his kindness and generosity The most just King conferred on Tarkhan the title Khan Of this Khan-ate he possesses the name alone. From this name, however full of dignity, what does he gain? Nay more, he makes this complaint of the tarkhan-ate also Before the king’s perfect wisdom, That besides the “khan” nothing but desert lands seems to remain to him, While with his tarkhan-ate moisture seems to disappear from them altogether.”