Muntakhab al-tawarikh 296.3

296.3

“In my impatience, ‘Itabi, I resolved to part from her, and now Each time the thought of her enters my heart I weep unrestrainedly.” man of that sort.” This remark increased the suspicion that he had written the satire and he was imprisoned, and it was ordered that all his papers should be examined in Fathpur in order that it might be discovered whether he had written satires on anybody while he was in Hindustan. Some incriminating papers were discovered, and he remained in prison in Gwaliyar for ten years until at length he was pardoned at the intercession of the eldest prince and other courtiers, and was summoned to Lahor, but he still retained his evil disposition. One day he came to the house of Qazi Hasan of Qazvin, who has the title of Khan, and the doorkeeper opposed his entering. ‘Itabi grappled with him, entered the assembly, which was a party of friends who had sat down to food, and said to Qazi Hasan, “It was this food, that led you to cause your door to be shut in the face of a learned man, a foreigner, and you have a perfect right (to keep your food to yourself).” In spite of all that the master of the house and his guests could do in the way of excusing themselves, saying that the doorkeeper had not recognized him, ‘Itabi would not be appeased, and refused to sit down and eat. He had great skill in writing Persian and Arabic poetry, also in penmanship and in prose composition. He has composed a divan. The following couplets are by him:—