[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) › 296.4 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 296.4 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 296.4 - **Language:** English ### [296.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296.4) “We have scorched our wise hearts in the furnace of desire, “We have burnt the lamp of the Ka‘bah at the door of the idol-temple.” “We have given thee permission to shed this innocent blood, We have given it to thee verbally, in writing and under a formal attestation.” “We swear by thy honour that we are the nightingales of this meadow, A quatrain: “In the love of thy face I have lost both learning and sense: But what of these? I have lost my very soul: In following thee, whatever I had at the end of my life Have I lost, and yet I have lost all evil.” “It would not be wonderful if from the atmosphere of thy face, And from the heated iron of my heart, a film should form on the mirror.” After his release from confinement he was given a sum of a thousand rupees for travelling expenses and was placed under the charge of Qilij Khan, who was ordered to send him off from the port of Surat on a pilgrimage to the Hijaz, but on the way to Surat he escaped and fled into the Dakan, where he took refuge with the rulers of the country, and there he still wanders about in the condition in which he formerly was. - [Previous: 296.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296.3) - [Next: 297](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.297) - [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.296.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.296.4) · Pramāṇa