Muntakhab al-tawarikh 318: CIX. QARARI OF GILAN.

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He was the son of Mulla ‘Abdu-r-Razzaq, and brother of Hakim Abu-l-Fath and Hakim Humam. He had many accomplishments and virtues, among them being poetry, penmanship and studiousness, and he was endowed with the qualities of an inclination to holy poverty and humility.
When he first came to court the emperor ordered him to be put on duty with his brothers, and, when the guard turned out to salute the emperor, as he did not know how to put on a sword he appeared in the midst disordered in his dress. Some of the young wits expressed their surprise at this, but he said, ‘Soldiering does not suit men like me,’ and told that story of the Amir Timur, Sahib Qiran, who, in one of his battles, drew up his army in a certain position, and ordered that the laden camels, and the