[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) › 77.6.9 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 77.6.9 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 77.6.9 - **Language:** English ### [77.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.6.9) 37) Amina, and Hajji Muhammad Khan of Sistan, and Tarsan Muhammad Khan, who were the centre and pivot of important affairs, to wait on the Emperor, to make apologies, and assure his Majesty of his continued fidelity, and good will. But these advances did not reach the door of acceptance, and the above-mentioned magnates were not allowed to return. Then Shahab-ud-din Ahmad Khan and Mahum Ankah, being determined to go through with the matter, spread abroad the news of the Emperor’s alienation from the Khan Khanan, so that it reached the utmost publicity. Then the Amirs one after another left Agra for Dihli; and the affair is an exact parallel to that of the Sultan Abu Sa‘id Moghul with Amir Chuban, who was a vazir of almost regal magnificence: an affair which is mentioned in the books of history. And so the well-known \[Arabic\] proverb was fulfilled “The mystery of the world is like the course of the ass; when it goes forward it does go forward, when it goes back it does go back - [Previous: 77.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.6.8) - [Next: 77.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.7.1) - [Up: 77.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.77.6.9) · Pramāṇa