Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.9.4

78.9.4

The composer of this epitome, one year before this, having had the good fortune to go from Badaun to Patiyali, became acquainted with the aforesaid Khan. And, since he was a teacher of polite learning, and condescending, and dervish-like, and brave, and munificent, [P. 87] and of blameless life, and a sunni, and an attendant at the mosque, and a patron of science, and a friend of virtue, and easy of access, I had no desire to leave his presence, and to go and pay my respects elsewhere. Accordingly I spent the space of 10 years in his society, in these unknown corners and dark recesses, engaged with him in suitable occupations. At last Fortune played me a trick, and struck a fatal blow to this companionship. A strange matter was at the bottom of this separation, and however much I begged his pardon, and employed mediation and intercessions, and, going to Badaun, got even my, now deceased, mother to act as my advocate, it availed nothing, so I hasted to pay my respects to the Khalif of the age : — “ The heart, which is grieved by any one, It is difficult to make happy. A vase, that has been broken, It is difficult to piece together again.” Finally the Khan Zaman appointed Asaf Khan together with Bahadur Khan to reduce some of the districts of the Afghans, and fearing lest Wazir Khan should act treacherously towards himself he kept his eye on him.