[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) › 322 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 322: CX. QAUSĪ. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 322 - **Language:** English ### [322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.322) He was in the service of the Khān-i-Kalān, and was unequalled in these days for the carving of toothpicks, combs, and such articles. He once wrote the following couplet in a fair hand on the pointed end of a toothpick: “The affairs of Qausī have been thrown into confusion by the ringlets of his love; His affairs are ever twisted in a hundred places like the ringlets of his love.” - [Previous: 321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.321) - [Next: 323](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.323) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.322) · Pramāṇa