[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) › 61.1.6 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.1.6 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 61.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [61.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.6) No one of them however could devise a way to effect that object. Suddenly Maḥmūd Khān, the son of ‘Ādil Shāh, who was grandson to Shīr Shāh, notwithstanding his youth said, “Let Shāh ‘Ālam order the banjāras (grain sellers) of the army to fill sacks with sand and arrange them round the army.” This idea highly commended itself to Shīr Shāh, and he immediately placed his turban upon the lad’s head, and bestowed upon him in perpetuity the treaty territories. In the end Heaven did not favour his designs, and Islām Shāh, after reaching kingly power, made this unfortunate boy the very first of his family, heirs to the kingdom, to have his name blotted out from the page of existence, in accordance with the saying \*Al mulku ‘aqīm\* (The kingdom has no heir), and that treatment which he meted out to them, vindictive Time measured again to his posterity. Verse If thou hast done evil remain not secure from calamity, For the nature of things brings about requital. In short Shīr Shāh, who would not give the head of one of his soldiers for a kingdom, and to whom the Afghāns were far dearer than can be expressed, was by no means willing to involve his arms in calumniating with the ignorant, boor-natured, currish Hindus. - [Previous: 61.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.5) - [Next: 61.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.7) - [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.61.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.1.6) · Pramāṇa