[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) › 261 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 261: XLVIII. Damiri. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 261 - **Language:** English ### [261](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.261) Damir is a village in the district of Nishapur, where he passed a life of humble contentment in tilling the soil. Suddenly the seed of wandering was sown in his heart and he conceived a desire to visit India and gained no advantage from his husbandry. He has written most of his poetry in his own rustic dialect, but has also composed many odes in more polished language. He gave up the use of his own rustic dialect when he found that it could not be understood by the generality of people. One day a poet with the takhallus of Ulfati was playing polo, when his stick flew from his hand and struck him on the nose. Damiri wrote the following epigram on the circumstance:— "So much bad verse did Ulfati recite That all the libertines were delighted with him. His polo-stick by ill-chance broke The bridge of his nose instead of his teeth." They say that Qilij Khan was the subject of this epigram. From the two magicians, coquetry and blandishment, The drunkard may learn quarrelsomeness. Dava’i, the longing for association with the fair, Is an attempt to unite flame and cotton.” - [Previous: 260](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.260) - [Next: 262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.262) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.261](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.261) · Pramāṇa