[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) › 78.40.4 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.40.4 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 78.40.4 - **Language:** English ### [78.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.40.4) In this same year news arrived that Shah Isma’il, son of Shah Tahmasp, Emperor of Persia, had been murdered, with the consent of the Amirs, by his own sister Pari Jan Khanum: and Mir Haidar, the riddle writer, found the tarikh of his accession in the word:—“A king of the face of the earth” and the tarikh of his death in:—“A king below the earth.” And the effect of the comet in that country became manifest, and in ‘Iraq the greatest perturbation resulted, while the Turks conquered Tabriz, Shirwan, and Mazandaran. And Sultan Muhammad Khodabandah, son of Shah Tahmasp by another mother, succeeded to the throne, as is related in its proper place. And the period of cursing and reviling the great Companions of the Prophet, which had lasted for 1,000 months in direct opposition to authority, and involved the use of improper language towards the sons of Ummaiya, came to an end: but the heresy had already travelled from that country to this:— “Error came to Hind from the land of ‘Iraq, Know that ‘Iraq rhymes with road to Nifaq!” - [Previous: 78.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.40.3) - [Next: 78.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.40.5) - [Up: 78.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.40.4) · Pramāṇa