The Book of Akbar 3.2.10

The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 3.2.10

Language: English

3.2.10

That King of Kings, prop of the sky! The umbrella of his fortune is the sky's shadow; Adorning the garden-plot of wisdom and knowledge; Exalting the throne and the diadem;— The seat of his power is rich in liberality; His fortune's shape has an open brow; His presence is the truth-seekers' cynosure; His pity a fountain-head for the thirsty; By a single thought, he has placed under foot

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Akbarnāma — Abū'l-Faḍl ʿAllāmī 1589, Persian