Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.13.5

78.13.5

When the Emperor arrived in the neighbourhood of Alwar he took to lion-hunting. And ‘A'dil Muhammad Khan, son of Shah Muhammad Khan Qandahari, who was himself as brave as a lion, went to face the animal [which was rushing upon the Emperor], and both he and the beast were killed. Then the Emperor separated himself from the camp, and went to Narnoul. There he visited Shaikh Nizam Narnouli (who was one of the greatest Shaikhs), and in the fulness of his faith granted him a subsidy, and then continued his journey to the capital. In this year the second marriage of the Author took place at Badāūn, and in accordance with : “ And verily the latter is better for thee than the former” it turned out most happily, thanks to God!, and I composed the following mnemosynon:— “When to me, through the eternal bounty, There was union with a moon-faced one, My intellect uttered the date of the marriage, The Moon is in conjunction with the sun!” And in this year that model of men of thought, and beau ideal of the Shaikhs who practice perfection, Shaikh ‘Abdul-‘aziz of Dihli (God sanctify his spirit!) departed to the other world, and the following mnemosynon was recited:— “The glorious one of the world Shaikh ‘Abdul-‘aziz, Whom all the world calls the Pole-star of Dihli, Turned his cheek towards the plain of eternity, And from this narrow defile mounted the steed of his ambition. I enquired of my heart, what was the day, It replied, The Pole-star of Religion is no more!”