Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh

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. Quotes 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. Bahar-i-Danish (1651) ch. 1 (tr. Jonathan Scott, i, 1799) The lady, on hearing this melody, like the nightingale, having expanded the wings of curiosity in search of this flower of the garden of beauty, drew the veil of purity from the face of her condition, and deviating from the centre of innocence, ran heedless into the four quarters of guilt. In order to attain the means of gratifying her wishes, she requested help from the favourite attendants on the carpet of her confidence. As this affair, on account of the negligence of agents, did not receive speedy conclusion, and the season of desire was extended to intolerable length, the fire of love (having blazed from the grate of her heart,) charmed her, like the moth, into the flame of impatience. Bahar-i-Danish (1651) ch. 9, story 4 (tr. Jonathan Scott, i, 1799) Love is a precious gem, which, like the rays of the sun, to shut up in the obscurity of secrecy, is out of the circle of possibility. Bahar-i-Danish (1651) ch. 9, story 4 (tr. Jonathan Scott, i, 1799) Quotes about the Bahar-i-Danish Are the Tales of Inatulla, said to be translated by Colonel Dow, genuine, or not? They certainly are. The original work is called the Bahar-da-Nush, or Spring of Knowledge. Colonel Dow has not translated above one third part of it. The avidity with which the English translation and French retranslation have been bought up, might encourage some ingenious orientalist to give the remainder of these tales an European dress. Query and Reply in Ouseley's Oriental Collections, no. 2, p. 195. Quoted in Jonathan Scott's Preface (1799) pp. i–ii External links Category:Historians from India Category:Islamic scholars Category:1608 births Category:1671 deaths Category:Muslims from India