[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) › 368.3 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 368.3 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 368.3 - **Language:** English ### [368.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.3) “One can see from without the burning of my heart in my body, name. He was not a Nuqṭavī pure and simple nor a Ṣabāḥī pure and simple, but was betwixt and between these two sects damned by God and cursed by the people, and believed in cycles and held the doctrine of the transmigration of souls, nay, he contended and strove for these doctrines. One day in Bhimbar, which is a city on the border of the highlands of Kashmir, he came to my lodging in order to ask me to accompany him into Kashmir. He saw some slabs of rock, weighing over thirty-five tons each, lying about, and said sorrowfully ‘These unfortunates are awaiting the time when they shall put on human form.’ In spite of all these vile beliefs he has written qaṣīdahs in praise of the holy Imāms (may the acceptance of God be on them all), but these must have been written when he was young. In penmanship, letter-writing and accounts he had wonderful skill, and although he was not studious he had devoted some attention to Arabic works on history and had acquired familiarity with their style. The following few couplets are by him:— “In order that my lamentations in thy absence may not betray my secret, I pray that my weakness may utter no sound in the night of my sorrow.” “How will shame allow me to raise my head when thou seest me? For my love for thee has made thy name the talk of all tongues.” - [Previous: 368.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.2) - [Next: 368.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.4) - [Up: 368](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.3) · Pramāṇa