[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) › 65.5.5 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 65.5.5 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 65.5.5 - **Language:** English ### [65.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.5) The aforesaid Maulavi was from Bahda, which is a village of the dependencies of Khurasan, and had attained to the companionship of many of the Shaikhs, may God sanctify their spirits, especially Maulavi Makhdumi ‘Arif Jami, and Maulavi ‘Abdu-l-Ghafur Lari, may God sanctify their spirits, who supported themselves by giving instruction and making illustrations, and Bairam Khan having opened tutorial relations with him, used to go to take lessons from him, and now and then when he was reading Yusuf and Zulaikha and other books, they used to say, “ Oh, Bairam what is your wish ? You yourself are as Yusuf and Zulaikha in the world.” And Humayun having ordered a banquet in honour of the sacred illuminated spirit of the asylum of the seal of prophecy, may the blessing and peace of God be upon him, invited the Akhund, and with his own hands took the ewer while Bairam Khan took the basin, intending to pour the water over his hands, seeing this the Akhund indicated Mir Habibu-llah, the grandson of Mir Saiyyid Jamalu-d-Din the traditionist, and said, “Do you not know who that person is?” Humayun thereupon perforce carried the ewer to the Mir, who, with the utmost confusion, poured half of the entire contents of the ewer over his hands, after which the Akhund without scruple washed his hands, to their heart’s content. - [Previous: 65.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.4) - [Next: 65.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.6) - [Up: 65.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.65.5.5) · Pramāṇa