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• “A detailed description of Suhaldev is found in Mirat-i-Masudi , a historical biography on Ghaznavid general Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. The book was written in Persian by Abd-ur-Rahman Chishti in the 17th century. Chishti wrote the historical drama based on the book Tawarikh-i-Mahmudiwritten by Mulla Muhammad Ghaznavi, who belonged to the court of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.”

  Suhaldev (995–1050) said by 1050 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.

• “Arrogance cannot bear to see itself scorned and humility held in honor.”

  Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The church shall be catholic, chaste and free: catholic in faith and the communion of saints, chaste from all contagion of evil, and free from all secular power.”

  Pope Urban II (1035–1099) first seen 1050 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Decree, also quoted in Colin Morris, The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (1991), p. 125

• “...ad doctrinam huiusmodi copiosius a perpluribus dicta auctoribus, et praecipue ab his quos mater educavit Graecia, Latinorum cogente penuria, . . . transferenda conferam”

  Alfanus I (1015–1085) said by 1085 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If you wish that God should dwell in your heart, purify your heart from all save Him for the king will not enter a house filled with stores and furniture. He will only enter a heart which is empty of all save Himself.”

  Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr (967–1049) said by 1049 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “You have heard and know the nobleness of Indians - they fear not death or destruction… In affairs of honour and renown we would place ourselves upon the fire like roast meat, and upon the dagger like the sunrays.”

  Jayapala (964–1001) said by 1001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Message to Subuktigin, in Utbi, Kitab Yamini. quoted in Misra, R. G. (2005). Indian resistance to early Muslim invaders up to 1206 A.D. p.41

• “Die Fertigkeit in der Philosophie, einer nur menschlichen Wissenschaft, muss dem kirchlichen Lehramt wie eine Dienerin ihrer Herrin zu Diensten sein: Philosophia ancilla theologiae." - Über die göttliche Allmacht”

  Petrus Damiani (1007–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “No tool is more beneficial than intelligence. No enemy is more harmful than ignorance.”

  Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams, 1981, "The Life of the Commander of the Faithful" (I. K. A. Howard (tr.)).

• “Wer tollkühn anfängt, der bereut zu spät." - Das Buch der Könige (Schah-Nameh)”

  Abū l-Qāsem-e Ferdousī (940–1020) said by 1020 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “See — I have taken England with both my hands.”

  William I of England (1028–1087) first seen 1066 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Remark after he stepped off his ship on the coast of England and fell into the sand (28 September 1066), as quoted in LIFE magazine, Vol. 40, No. 13 (26 March 1956), p. 85

• “زيادة المرء في دنياه نقصان وربحه غير محض الخير خسران”

  Abu al-Fath al-Busti (942–1010) said by 1010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The heart in which love and compassion for all living beings resides, can have no room for seeking after personal pleasures. O friend, take care to do no harm to any living creature; to hurt his creation is to forget the Creator.”

  Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1089) said by 1089 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted in Tales of the Mystic East: An Anthology of Mystic and Moral Tales Taken from the Teachings of the Saints (, 1997), p. 208

• “توانا بود هر که دانا بود”

  Ferdowsi (940–1020) said by 1020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Persian proverb (persian)

• “Get up and bring fur clothes as Autumn is here A cold wind is blowing from the Khawrazm yonder Look at that vine leaf hanging on the vine bough It looks like the shirt of dyers The farmer is biting his finger with wonder As in the lawn or garden is left no more rose or lavender”

  Manuchehri (1000–1040) said by 1040 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The first nation (to have cultivated science) is India. This is a powerful nation having a large population, and a rich kingdom (possession). India is known for the wisdom of its people. Over many centuries, all the kings of the past have recognized the ability of the Indians in all the branches of knowledge.”

  Said al-Andalusi (1029–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “# To know the emptiness of objects is to know emptiness free of appearance and free of coverings. That is the Middle Way from which the "subsequent" or conventional has been purged.”

  Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097) said by 1097 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Madhyamasatka of Metri,The Tibetan and Himalayan Library, Adyar. Library Bulletin vol. 25, pp. 539-49. (1961)

• “Twas in Religion that he gloried by whom till the Day of Judgement The Arabs excel the Persians in glory. He who lacks religion is ignoble and mean, Though Feridun be his maternal, and Jamshid his paternal uncle.”

  Nasir Khusraw (1004–1088) said by 1088 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: translated by Edward. G. Browne, A Literary History of Persia, 1909, p.268

• “Gratitude is the vision of the Gives, not of the gift-it comes from God Himself.”

  Al-Qushayri (986–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Universum und Welt sind unter ihm, und er selbst nicht fernab, noch in der Welt." - Divan, 87,2”

  Nasser Chosrau (1004–1088) said by 1088 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ἡ γὰρ συνήθεια εὔκαταφρονήτους ποιεῖν εἴωθεν.”

  Kekaumenos (1020–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Strategikon, ch. 12. Reported in Georgina G. Buckler, "Proverb: Familiarity Breeds Contempt", Notes and Queries (18 July 1936) p. 46