[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) › 296.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 296.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 296.1 - **Language:** English ### [296.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296.1) He is Sayyid Muhammad of Najaf who made a name in the Dakan and came to Ilahabad and paid his respects to the emperor. He was very unconventional in all outward observances and was bold and slovenly. It was reported to the emperor that he had written a satire in the Dakan on Shah Fathullah, and when he was questioned on this point he denied that he had done so, saying, ‘In that country I would have taken no notice of a ‘Alā‘ud-daulah it is mentioned that Mīr ‘Abdul Ḥayy devoted some attention to the study of accomplishments and that nobody had learnt to write in the difficult Bābarī style more quickly or better than he, but Mīrzā ‘Azīz Kōka wrote in the margin of the memoir that Mīr 'Abdul Ḥayy had no knowledge of any branch of learning, and that his one accomplishment was some knowledge of the Bābārī script, with which he was very imperfectly acquainted, that he was wonderfully simple and would apropos of nothing and without consideration relate in social gatherings strange tales which no child would believe. As Mīr 'Abdul Ḥayy was better known to Mīrzā ‘Azīz Kōka than to Mīr ‘Alā ud-daulah, it is beyond doubt that what the Mīrzā wrote is nearer to the truth than that which is written in the memoir, for Mīr 'Alā ud-daulah has recorded much incongruous nonsense in the memoir. - [Previous: 295](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.295) - [Next: 296.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296.2) - [Up: 296](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296.1) · Pramāṇa