[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) › 78.37.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.37.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 78.37.1 - **Language:** English ### [78.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.37.1) “Wealth never remains in the hand of the free, Nor patience in the heart of a lover, nor water in a sieve.” Although the author was never with him on any serious battle-fields, still I was his companion in many jungle-warfares, and comfortless journeys. And I observed in him a resolution and a courage, such as perhaps those renowned heroes, who have left their names emblazoned on the pages of history, may have possessed; and not to mention his immense physical strength and prowess—they might have boasted of the same courage as that lion-like warrior. And in the day of battle the which he read was to this effect: “Either martyrdom or victory.” And whenever people told him that he ought to put victory before martyrdom, he used to say: “My desire is rather to see the glorious departed, than the lords who remain alive.” And such was his liberality, that if by any possible supposition the treasures of the world and the Sultanate of the whole face of the earth could have become accessible to him, and have been delivered over to him, the very first day he would have become a bankrupt. And this qit'ah became true in his day:— “He did right in not making both worlds manifest, The peerless Lord, dispenser of justice, without equal or compare : Else in a moment of liberality he would have given away both, And the Creature would have nothing left to hope for from the High God.” - [Previous: 78.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.36.7) - [Next: 78.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.37.2) - [Up: 78.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.37.1) · Pramāṇa