[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) › 262 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 262: L. RAFI'I. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 262 - **Language:** English ### [262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.262) He is Mir Haidar of Kashan, the composer of enigmas. His understanding is excellent and he has correct taste. He is unrivalled in the art of composing enigmas and chronograms, — indeed, he does not even know that there are any arts but these two One day Shaikh Faizi told him that the art of composing enigmas had gone out of fashion in Hindustan and that the practice of it was considered unworthy He replied, “I have toiled for years in my own country in the study of enigmas, and now that I have grown old in this pursuit, how can I give it up?” He came with Khwaja Habibullah from Gujarat to Lahor and received a fixed allowance from the emperor’s privy purse and from courtiers He embarked in a ship and set sail for his native land, but, when he had passed Hurmuz and was nearing Kij and Makran, his ship was wrecked and all that he had was lost, among the rest several parts of Shaikh Faizi’s pointless commentary on the Qur'an, letters of introduction from learned men, and Faizi’s divan, a copy of which he was sending abroad in order to increase his reputation The following verses are by Rafi'i:— “I have a tender heart, my sprightly love what remedy is there for me? I am a lover with the nature of one beloved what can I do?” “I was jealous of Rafi'i’s coffin for thou Didst accompany it weeping more bitterly than the mourners” - [Previous: 261](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.261) - [Next: 263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.263) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.262) · Pramāṇa