[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) › 61.1.4 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.1.4 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 61.1.4 - **Language:** English ### [61.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.4) And Shuja-at Khan Sarwani, who was the permanent Governor of the fort of Ranthambur, yielded up that fortress to Shir Shah and came with his family to the township of Basawar. It is said that some one introduced some poison into his cup. His tomb is in the suburbs of that township, in a pleasant spot, and is well-known at this time; Quatrain. Death, thou hast desolated hundreds of homes, In the kingdom of existence thou makest life thy spoil. No jewel beyond price has come into the world, But thou has borne it away and hidden it beneath the dust. In this year Shir Shah led an army against the fortress of Rai Sen and besieged it, because Puranmal the son of Silhadi, one of the Chiefs of Rai Sen, had attacked the city of Chanderi, which is one of the chief cities of Hindustán, and had put its inhabitants to death, and was keeping two thousand women, Hindus and Muslims, in his own haram. The following couplet was found to record the date of this siege: Qiyám-i-bárgáh báshad mubárak. May the stability of the court be fortunate. After prolonging the siege for some time Shír Sháh entered into a compact, and succeeded in dislodging Púranmal by the intervention of Shahzáda 'Ádil Khán and Qutb Khán Náib, and assigned him a place in his own camp, bestowing upon him a hundred horses, with a robe of honour and a sum of gold; - [Previous: 61.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.3) - [Next: 61.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.5) - [Up: 61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.4) · Pramāṇa