[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) › 37.1.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 37.1.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 37.1.1 - **Language:** English ### [37.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.37.1.1) Verse. If thou desirest thy kingdom to be glorious Give not high office to an upstart; Unless thou wishest that thy state should be ruined Entrust not thy affairs to the inexperienced. And Sultan Qutbu-d-Din, inasmuch as he had undergone the affliction of imprisonment, on the very first day of his reign had all the prisoners liberated, and appointed Malik Fakhru-d-Din Juna the son of Ghazi Malik, who eventually was entitled Muhammad ‘Adil, to be Mir Akhor. In the first year of his reign he contemplated the conquest of Deogir otherwise called Daulatabad, but his Amirs opposed and dissuaded him. Verses. It was not deemed expedient, from motives of wisdom, That the Lord of the World should move from his place; Who knows, what are the hidden designs of evil-wishers, Or who, in all sincerity, is well-disposed to the king? In the year 718 H. (1318 A.D.) Sultan Qutbu-d-Din sent Sar Salkhi Kotwal, with orders to proceed to Gwalior and put to death Khizr Khan and Shadi Khan. Having done this he summoned Deval Rani and included her in his haram. With reference to this Mir Khusru writes: Verses. - [Previous: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.36) - [Next: 37.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.37.1.2) - [Up: 37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.37.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.37.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.37.1.1) · Pramāṇa