"دوست آں باشد که گیرد دست دوست در پریشان حالی و درماندہ کی دوست مشمرآنکه در نعمت زند لاف باری برادر خواندہ کی"
— Bahadur Shah Zafar

January 1, 1970

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Friend is he, who grasps the hand of Friend, In the midst of trouble and distress, Not they who in prosperity profess Themselves friends, nay are brothers by repute. A Friend is he, who proffers Friendship's hand When care or grief our kindred feelings claim Not he whom prosperous days alone command And is a Friend or Brother but in name. — Autograph to Thomas Metcalfe, The Governor-General’s Agent at the imperial court of Delhi, 29 April 1844