[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) › 46.5 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 46.5 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 46.5 - **Language:** English ### [46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.46.5) (Abu Bakr Shah after this misfortune could not recover himself, and remained at the Kotila (of Mewat) fast as he was till Muhammad Shah by continuous marches came against him, and Bahadar Nahir Mewati and Abu Bakr Shah who had taken refuge with him, after fighting for a long time begged for quarter and had an interview with Sultan Muhammad Shah Bahadar Nahir received a robe of honour and other marks of favour, but they imprisoned Abu Bakr Shah in the fort of Mirath. In that self-same prison he escaped from the prison-house of the world. This event took place in the year 793 H. (1390-91 A.D.): the duration of the reign of Abu Bakr Shah was a year and a half. Verse. He reckoned certain days and then he came to nothing The time smiled to think that he too had passed away. Verse. 262. This world is like a corpse upon which there are thousands of vultures \[One continually tears another with its talons, The other rends it constantly with its beak\] At last, they all take to flight and All that remains of them all is the corpse. - [Previous: 46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.46.4) - [Next: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.47) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.46) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.46.5) · Pramāṇa