[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) › 237 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 237: XXV. Tardi, Hilda. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 237 - **Language:** English ### [237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.237) He is a native of Transoxiana and is a witty man. He was with Mirzayan Ulugh Mirza at the time when the Mirzas captured the fort of Bahroc, and wrote the following quatrain on the event:— “The Timurides are unequalled in valour, Victory smiles on them whithersoever they turn, When they took Bahroc by storm This chronogram was found for the event, ‘They captured Bahroc.’” - [Previous: 236.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.236.5) - [Next: 238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.238) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.237) · Pramāṇa