[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) › 78.6.3 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.6.3 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 78.6.3 - **Language:** English ### [78.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.6.3) and, accepting the building of deep-seated foundations as an omen of the duration of the imperial dynasty of his undecaying Sultanate, and as a presage of his ever-increasing pomp and state, his all-penetrating firman was issued, that all who obtained the favour of being near his person, and were deemed worthy of the sight of his court, should built for themselves in that happy place, lofty palaces and pompous habitations, and in a short time that waste, solitary valley under the ray of the favour of his Gamliel-like shadow of the divinity, became the mole on the new bridal-cheek he made and received the name of Nagar-chīn, which is the Hindūstānī for the Persian Amān-ābād, “Security’s-abode”:— “Praise to God! that picture, which the heart desired, Issued forth from the invisible behind the curtain of felicity.” And it is one of the traditional wonders of the world, that of that city and edifice not a trace now is left, so that its site is become a level plain—“Profit then by this example ye who are men of insight!” as the author of the Qāmūs has said: “Of seven or eight cities, called Manṣūrah, or Manṣūriyyah, built by a mighty king, or monarch of pomp in their time, at this time not one is inhabited.” “Will they not journey through the land, and observe what has been the end of those who were before them?” - [Previous: 78.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.6.2) - [Next: 78.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.6.4) - [Up: 78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.78.6.3) · Pramāṇa