[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) › 368.4 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 368.4 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 368.4 - **Language:** English ### [368.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.4) It may be that will yet give thee a feeling heart. I die of jealousy when I consider that love for thee Gives to each heart which it enters pain eternal. By night when I light my heart with thoughts of thee The burning glow of my heart is a lamp to the seven heavens.” He wrote this qasīdah in praise of her holiness the lady who is the shining one of paradise and the chief of women, (may God accept her), but when it came to me in this form I found it to be one of his blasphemous compositions, and I have therefore not considered it right to quote any of the encomiastic couplets. Sharif’s death occurred in A.H. 1002 (A.D. 1593-94). He left many valuable books behind him, but they were lost in the deep sea and found their way to the ocean which surrounds the world. - [Previous: 368.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.3) - [Next: 369](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.369) - [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.368.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.368.4) · Pramāṇa