The Institutes of Akbar 191.5

191.5

Page 29. Shaikh Gadáí cancelled the madad i ma’ásh lands, and took away the legacies of the Khánzádahs (Afghans), and gave a Sayúrghál to any one that would bear up with humiliating treatment, but not otherwise. Nevertheless, in comparison with the present time, when obstacles are raised to the possession of every jaríb of ground, nay, even less, you may call the Shaikh an ’Álambakhsh (one who gives away a world). Page 52. After Shaikh Gadáí, Khwájagí Muḥammad Çáliḥ was, in 968, appointed Çadr; but he did not possess such extensive powers in conferring lands as madad i ma’ásh, because he was dependent on the Díwáns. Page 71. In 972, or perhaps more correctly in 971, Shaikh ’Abdunnabí was made Çadr. In giving away lands, he was to consult Muẓaffar Khán,—at that time Vazír and Vakíl. But soon after, the Shaikh acquired such absolute powers, that he conferred on deserving people whole worlds of subsistence allowances, lands, and pensions, so much so that if you place the grants of all former kings of Hindústán in one scale, and those of the Shaikh into the other, his scale would weigh more. But several years later the scale went up, as it had been under former kings, and matters took an adverse turn. Page 204.