[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) › 71.3 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 71.3 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 71.3 - **Language:** English ### [71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.3) Thou knowest without asking all the hidden desires of the mind. This enigma upon the name of Kibar is also by him : Verse. That face is the Qur’án, and that down on the cheek is the sign of tyranny and oppression ; The cheek of that heart-ravishing one has no endowment of the mole of fidelity. The death of the aforesaid gentlman took place in the year 966 H. and Mir Amani Kabuli wrote the following tarikh of the event. Verse. Alas! the pity of it, that the discerner of subtleties Nadiri has departed, That rare poet who did full justice to eloquence in the world; I sought to express the date of his death by way of enigma, Wisdom answered one has gone from among the masters of speech. Another is Shaikh Abul Wahid Farighi, who was deeply imbued with the feelings of a darvesh and was renowned for his sweet singing; the following is taken from his poems: Verse. So great is the habitual oppression of that seeker after tyranny That a morsel of mercy from him, seems a great beauty. And in his impassioned style he says: Verse. Praise be to God that I am freed from the love of an ill-conditioned sot, Who used to fall, as did his eyes, from drunkenness in every road, Who, like the cup, for the sake of a draught, was lip to lip with every man, Who like the flagon bent himself to every cup in every place. The following is also by him: - [Previous: 71.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.2) - [Next: 71.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.4) - [Up: 71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.3) · Pramāṇa