[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) › 332 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 332: CXXII. Mir Murtaza Sharifi of Shiraz. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 332 - **Language:** English ### [332](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.332) He was the grandson of Mir Sayyid Sharif-i-Jurjani, (may his tomb be hallowed). In the exact sciences, in various bran- In A.H. 995 (A.D. 1587) in Lahor, a wall, blown down by some ill wind, fell on his head, and the corn of his life was whirled away by the breeze. As he was unrivalled as a singer and chanter this chronogram was composed on the event:— “Alas, that by the efforts of the unjust sky A nightingale of sweet song is gone from the garden! He was so smitten on the loins by a whirling stone That he was wounded and went from our midst. I asked of wisdom the date of his death, And received the answer, ‘The Pīrzāda has gone from the world!’” - [Previous: 331](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.331) - [Next: 333](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.333) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.332](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.332) · Pramāṇa