"In days of yore, there reigned in the extenfive and populous empire of Hindoostan, emblematic of Paradise, a Sovereign who, like the universe-illuming Sun, comprised the world within the beams of his dominion; and who, by the rays of the lamp of his impartial justice, enlightened the gloom of the earth."
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Bahar-i-Danish (1651) ch. 1 (tr. Jonathan Scott, i, 1799)
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Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh
1608 – 1671
Shaikh Inayat-Allah Kamboh (1608–1671) was a Punjabi Muslim scholar, writer and historian during the Mughal era. He is most famous for his collection of tales entitled Bahar-i-Danish ('Spring of Knowledge'), completed in 1651 AD, which became one of the most popular textbooks of Persian.
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