Muntakhab al-tawarikh 258: XLV. KHUSRAVI.
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 258
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He is sister’s son to Mirza Qasim of Junabad. He came to India after performing the pilgrimage to the Hijaz, and he is in the service of the emperor’s eldest son. He is worthy of mention. The following verses are by him:—
"The heart of Khusravi is so inflamed with the light of love That candles to light his tomb may be made of his bones."
“Since the lions of the temple of Makkah will not pollute their claws with my blood, Do thou, my companion, regale with this morsel the dogs of the monastery.”