The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 6.3

6.3

He invested him with a robe of honour and ordered that he be confirmed in his post of Assistant Secretary. When, (shortly afterwards,) the chamberlain Ram met the king in his palace, Rai Sahasi asked him: "This assistant of yours is a very clever fellow; he is an eloquent speaker and a good writer. Whence have you brought him? Treat him kindly." The chamberlain Ram said: "He is a son of Selaij Brahman, and is an honest, straightforward and experienced man." When the chamberlain Ram found the king favourably inclined towards Chach, he asked him to do the work of the Secretary, too, for him and to carry on the whole business of that office during his presence or absence. Thus Chach began to perform important business, and disposed of State affairs and political matters in a business-like manner. Every time that he had occasion to go into the presence of the king, the latter rewarded him and patronised him by giving him a dress of honour or some other present, and advised him to persevere (diligently) in that course of employment, telling him that, by means of such employment, the affairs (of State) would be well transacted and he would be entitled to a higher post. In this fashion, the king went on encouraging him and giving him good hopes by making pleasant promises. (Eventually) as the great God willed it, the life of the chamberlain Ram came to its close and the hand of death tore the collar of his garment.