Muntakhab al-tawarikh 260: XLVII. Dakhli.
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 260
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He has recently come from ‘Iraq and has been appointed an Ahadi, and before he attained this dignity he wrote the following quatrain on Sharif Sarmadi, the muster-keeper, inspector of the Ahadi, who has an enormous moustache:—
"This simpleton will at length become an Ahadi, And will be asking for the felt cap. In the depth of his perplexity he will, a hundred times a day, Become a sacrifice for Sarmadi's moustache."