The Book of Akbar 376.2.5

376.2.5

When M. Sulaiman had crossed the ravines (jarhā) he went towards Badakhshan by way of Wakhsh and the desert of Mahmūd. With a few men he came amongst the people of the Hazārajāt and had to fight. He gave proof of courage and went on attacking, whatever loss he incurred (kushta kushta). Two and thirty times they blocked his progress. He personally fought and gained deliverance. When he reached Badakhshan, he got the news of the Mirza’s mishap. The gates of sorrow were opened on his days. Especially did Haram Begam, the daughter of Sultan Wais Qibcaq and mother of the Mirza fall into prolonged sorrow. She put on blue clothes and wore them as long as she lived. One of the eloquent recited this quatrain— Verse. Ah, ruby of Badakhshan, thou has gone from Badakhshan, Thou wentest shining from the protection of the sun; Thou wert in the world like Sulaiman’s ring, Alas, thou hast gone from Sulaiman’s hand.