[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) › 239.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 239.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 239.1 - **Language:** English ### [239.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.239.1) He was sister's son to Maulānā Nargisī, and, in accordance with the saying, “the true son resembles his maternal uncle,” he was distinguished by his wit and the strength of his intellect. He came from Turkey to India in the days of Bairam Khan's supremacy, and profited much by his generosity. He was captured in the battle fought beneath the mountains by Ataga Khan, and was by him paraded before the emperor, as the chief of his gifts, with the banner of the eighth Imam, ‘Ali-ur-Riza, (may God accept him). He was very favourably received by the emperor. He composed his treatise on Beauty and Yusuf for Yusuf Muhammad Khan, the son of Ataga Khan. The opening couplet of the poem is as follows : — “In the name of Him to whom the face of foe and friend Is turned, in which direction soever He may be.” He composed some verses descriptive of the members of the beloved, among which are the following couplets : — “Her face is a mirror, her neck is a shaft of ivory, Those who are in face like the fairies desire that mirror; The palm of her hand is, like the sun, a mirror of light, The fingers of that houri are the rays of the sun; To the eye of understanding the parting of the hair of that sweet-lipped maid Is a meteor resplendent in the heart of the night. Nay, I erred in describing it as a meteor, Rather is it a stream of fair water traversing a garden of hyacinths.” - [Previous: 238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.238) - [Next: 239.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.239.2) - [Up: 239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.239) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.239.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.239.1) · Pramāṇa