Muntakhab al-tawarikh 299: lxxxix.

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He was entitled Mir Murtaza and was descended of the Sayyids of Dughlat. He was one of the most trusted officers of the I’tibar-khan, and for some time held possession of Fathpur. He was endowed with learning and accomplishments and was immoderately fond of jesting. When Hijaz Khan, one of the chief “I am thus fallen in the road of grief and toil like rubbish, Perchance some breeze of thy favour and grace will raise me from the dust.”
“O Lord, I am distracted by the multitude of my sins, Show me some mercy, for I am heavily weighed down by my sins. I have grief in plenty, boundless sorrow, but no comforter. How shall I make friends for myself? I am heavily afflicted.”
It is evident that he composed these last few verses while he was in prison.