[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) › 57.6 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 57.6 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 57.6 - **Language:** English ### [57.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.57.6) Verse. Since the soul must of necessity at last leave the body, This is best, that, when the time comes, it should at least depart with honour. The end of the world is this, and nothing more That after a man’s death, his name should remain. The Amirs also, placing their hands upon the sacred word, (the Qur’an), swore an oath to renew their compact and carry out their intention of making war upon the infidels, for the exaltation of the sublime creed, and the promulgation of the glorious law, deeming the field of battle to be a joyful assembly, and doing full justice to the claims of manliness in such a way as the eye of time had never before witnessed, and after many strenuous efforts the standards of Islam floated bravely on high, while the banners of infidelity were laid low. In the thick of the fight an arrow found its way to the forehead of Hasan Khan Mewati, who was an infidel who used the Kalimah, they cast him into a well and took to flight, while he fell into the well of Hell; although a certain Mewati, a jogi in form and appearance, in the year 960 H., after the death of Salim Shah Afghan Sur, raised a rebellion in Mewat, and called himself Hasan Khan, and mentioned certain of the secret signs to the Mewatis, still, a certain number acknowledged him. The composer of this (selection) also, in the year 965 H. - [Previous: 57.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.57.5) - [Next: 57.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.57.7) - [Up: 57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.57) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.57.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.57.6) · Pramāṇa