[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) › 77.1.2 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.1.2 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 77.1.2 - **Language:** English ### [77.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.1.2) (P. 9.) Before the decree for the accession went forth, Bairam Khan had by all the arts of finesse enjoined on Pir Muhammad Khan Shirwani, (who with an army had gone in pursuit of Sikandar in the Mountains of Sawalik, as far as the confines of the district of Dahmiri) not to allow the news of the death of the late Emperor to be spread abroad. Now Shah Abu-l-Ma‘ali, who was of noble Sayyid extraction, and of the country of Kashghar, in the symmetry of his limbs and the excellence of his valour was distinguished above all his compeers. To him the deceased Emperor had shown a special favour and a boundless condescension, so that he had honoured him by calling him his son. This man was a dullard. And in this place be it known concerning him that Bairam Khan had written an acrostic in twenty-four verses, of which the rhyme was 'azim and qadim, and the rhyming letter mim, in such a way, that the initial letter of the first hemistiches composed the words “ Hazrat Muhammad Humayun Padshah Ghazi” \[“My Lord Muhammad Humayun Padshah Ghazi”\] ; and the initial letters of the second hemistiches “ Shahzadah \[prince\] Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar” ; and the final letters of the first hemistiches the words “ Mirza Shah Abu-l-Ma‘ali,” together with some epithet or other which I have forgotten ; and the sum of the twenty-four mims which closed the verses gave \[24 x 40 =\] 960 the date of the composition of the acrostic. - [Previous: 77.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.1.1) - [Next: 77.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.1.3) - [Up: 77.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.1.2) · Pramāṇa