[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) › 256 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 256: XLIII. The Khan-i-A'zam. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 256 - **Language:** English ### [256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.256) He is Ataga Khan who, when the imperial army was defeated at Jausa, at the time when the king who had obtained forgiveness, the emperor Humayun, fell, like a crocodile, into the river Ganges, and the sun of dignity nearly disappeared for ever in that boundless waste of waters, seized his hand and brought him from that whirlpool of calamity and from the deep waters of destruction to the shore of safety and security. This service led to his very great advancement. Although his dignity is too great for him to be described as a poet or one given to poetry, still, as he had poetic genius the following verses by him are quoted:— “My little tear, set not thy foot forth from the house of my eye, For well born children leave the house but seldom.” “If the full moon in her glory should boast o’er the sun of thy face, She will at last sink down from the turquoise sky inverted.” The following quatrain is by his son, Yusuf Muhammad Khan — “Those who walk self-satisfied in the street of desire are of one sort, The paupers of the valley of love of another. Those who seek aught but the pleasure of the beloved Differ widely from those who grieve with love.” - [Previous: 255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.255) - [Next: 257.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.257.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.256) · Pramāṇa