[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) › 61.5.4 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.5.4 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 61.5.4 - **Language:** English ### [61.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.5.4) Now indeed for Mirza near to his own tent, and bestowed upon him a horse and a robe of honour, and a slave girl and a eunuch so that they might spy into his affairs. He used also to summon the Mirza from time to time, and hold converse with him regarding poetry, but their intercourse was always disagreeable, and the Mirza was worried by these incessant ceremonial visits and show of politeness, till he grew sick of his life, and was watching a favourable opportunity to make his escape. Moreover the Afghans used to make jibes at him in the Hindi tongue, and when he appeared in darbar used to say More mi ayad (Here comes the peacock). The Mirza enquired from one of the attendants, in the presence of Islem Shah, “What do they mean by More?” He answered, “It is the name they give to a man of great dignity.” The Mirza replied, “At that rate Salim Shah is a first rate More and Shir Shah was a still finer.” Salim Shah consequently gave orders that no one was ever to use that word again, nor to indulge in pleasantries at the Mirza’s expense. At last one day Islem Shah called upon the Mirza for a verse of poetry, when the Mirza recited this matla‘ off hand: Gardish-i-gardun-i-gardun gardananra gard kard Bar sar-i-sahib-tamizan naqisan ra mard kard. The revolutions of the circling heaven have brought low the mighty, And have made worthless men to lord it over men of intelligence. - [Previous: 61.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.5.3) - [Next: 61.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.5.5) - [Up: 61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.61.5.4) · Pramāṇa