[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) › 34 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 34: \[Account of Amir Khusru and Mir Hasan, may God have mercy on them\] Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 34 - **Language:** English ### [34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.34) And among the poets, by whose existence the reign of Sultan 'Alau-d-Din was adorned and honoured, one was the Khusru-i-shahrān (Prince of Poets), may God shew him mercy and acceptance, whose writings, whether prose or poetry, have completely filled the world from one remotest end to the other. He completed his five works, collectively called Khamsa, in the year 698 H. (1298 A.D.), in honour of Sultan 'Alau-d-Din. within the space of two years. Among these works is the Matla'u-l-Anwar which he composed in two weeks as he himself says (in these verses): The year of this ancient heaven which had passed away Was after six hundred and ninety eight. Following on the steps of the sky traversing star In two weeks did the full moon arrive at completion. In the Nafahat it is stated upon the authority of Sultanu-l-Mashaikh Nizamu-l-Auliya, may God sanctify his sacred resting-place, that on the day of judgment each individual will boast of some one thing, and my boast (said he) will be of the heart-burnings of this Turk Allah (God’s champion); Mir Khusru probably alludes to this when he says:— Khusru my friend, strive in the right way That you may be called Turk-i-Khuda (God’s champion). Another poet was Mir Hasan Dihlawi, whose anthology also has enslaved the east and west of the world. Although in that reign there were other poets who composed anthologies, still by reason of these two eminent poets the mention of the others sinks into insignificance. "When the sun comes out the stars disappear." The death of Mir Khusru took place in the year 725 H. (1325 A.D.). He is buried in Dihli at the foot of the sacred tomb of his own spiritual instructor: may God shew mercy to them. Maulānā Shihāb wrote an enigmatical chronogram upon that, and having had it engraved upon a tablet of stone had it fixed above the shrine of Mīr Khusru. It is follows:— Mīr Khusru, the king of the kingdom of eloquence, That ocean of excellence, and sea of perfection; His prose is more attractive than flowing water, His poetry purer than the most limpid streams; A sweet-singing nightingale without a rival, Honey-tongued parrot without an equal. In tracing the date of the year of his death, When I placed my head upon the knee of thought, One phrase ‘Adīmu-l-miŝl came as the date, Another was Tūtī-i Shakkar Maqāl. Mīr Hasan, in the year in which Sultān Muhammad having laid waste Dihlī built Daulatābād in the Deccan, died in that country, and was buried in the city of Daulatabad where his tomb is well known, and is visited as a shrine of sanctity. ‘Arif may his resting-place be sanctified, says — ‘Those two parrots from whose birth Hindustan was filled with sugar, Became at last a mark for the arrow of the sky And were silenced and prisoned in the cage of earth. - [Previous: 33.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.33.3.7) - [Next: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.34) · Pramāṇa