[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 330.5 # The Institutes of Akbar 330.5 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 330.5 - **Language:** English ### [330.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.330.5) Shaikh Farid was indeed a man of the greatest liberality. He always gave with his own hands. Once a beggar came to him seven times on one day, and received money; and when he returned the eighth time, Farid gave him again money, but told him not to tell others; else they might take the money from him. He gave widows a great deal, and his jágír lands were given as free land tenures to the children of his servants or soldiers who had been killed. When in Gujrát, he had a list made of all Bukhárí Sayyids in the province, and paid for every marriage feast and outfit; he even gave pregnant women of his clan money for the same purpose for the benefit of their yet unborn children. He never assisted singers, musicians, or flatterers. He built many saráis. The one in Dihli has been mentioned above. In Ahmadabad, a mahallah was adorned by him and received as a memorial of him the name of Bukhárá. In the same town he built the Masjid and Tomb of Sháh Wajíhuddín (died 988; Badáoní III, 43). He also built Farídábád near Dihli, the greater part of the old parganah of Tilpat being included in the parganah of Farídábád (Elliot’s Glossary, Beames’ Edition, II, p. 123). In Lahor also, a Mahallah was built by him, a large bath, and a chauk, or bazar. The Government officers under him received annually three khil’ats; to his footmen he gave annually a blanket, and his sweepers got shoes. He never made alterations in his gifts. - [Previous: 330.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.330.4) - [Next: 330.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.330.6) - [Up: 330](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.330) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.330.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.330.5) · Pramāṇa