Shah Hussain Quotes

Coming of age in such an environment, the educated elite of Punjab ends up disowning, in fact, ridiculing anything Punjabi, which includes the poetry of Baba Farid, Guru Nanak, Shah Hussain, Waris Shah and Bulleh Shah. Whereas the educated elite can quote verses from Shakespeare and T. S. Eliot, they are completely unaware of their local poets.

Ibrahim had managed to save his life and find refuge with Ramaraya, and after the death of Jamsheed, Ibrahim gained the throne with help of Ramaraya. They maintained a friendly relationship for over a decade. Sadly, it was a friendship that was not destined to last. Ibrahim held genuine love and respect towards his patron. Unfortunately, Ramaraya, like Ali, cared only for Samrajya. When some of Ibrahim’s disgruntled nobles revolted and invited Ramaraya to take control of important border forts, Ramaraya had jumped at the chance. Ibrahim managed to crush the rebellion before Samrajya armies arrived, but his belief in his friend and patron was shattered. Then Ramaraya had taken the side of Ali in the last war against Hussain Nizam Shah and Ibrahim Qutb Shah, which finally broke the last vestiges of affection that he held for Ramaraya. Now he was here to take revenge on the man who had betrayed him.

As the sounds of violence now spread all round them, Rumi Khan realised that the looting was now spreading to all parts of the city. The city that had been built with loving care by successive monarchs of Samrajya was now being destroyed in mere hours and he was powerless to stop them. “What have we done?” Rumi Khan wept bitterly at the destruction that was occurring around him. ****** “How did it start?” Ali roared at Kishwar Khan and his other officers who shrank back at his anger. “Sultan, Hussain Shah’s men…” Mustafa Khan hesitated. “They were not paid for months, and when they discovered that we have to wait outside the city, they lost control. That triggered our soldiers as well and…” “Why did Hussain Shah not stop them?” “Some of our witness say he was the one who told his men to