Riyaz al-salatin 109.1.2

109.1.2

Shujau-d-din Khan had reached this side of Mednipur when the patent addressed to his name arrived, and viewing this event as a good omen, he named that place "Mubarak-Manzil" or "the Auspicious place," and ordered a Katrah (a Tower) and a masonry-built Caravanserai to be erected there. When news of the approach of his father reached Sarfaraz Khan, owing to recklessness of youth, the latter intended marching to Katwah, in order to oppose his father's advance. The Dowager Begam of Nawab Ja'far Khan, who was a very wise and sagacious lady, and who regarded Sarfaraz Khan as dearer than her own life, dissuaded the latter, and with soft and sweet words of counsel set his mind at ease. She said to Sarfaraz Khan: "Your father is old; after him, the Subahdari as well as the country with its treasures would devolve on you. To fight against one's own father, is cause of loss both in this world and in the next, as well as of ignominy. It is meet that till the lifetime of your father, you should remain contented with the Diwani of Bengal." Sarfaraz Khan, who never acted against the advice of his grand-mother, acquiesced in her counsel. Advancing, he received Shujau-d-din Muhammad Khan, and escorted him to Murshidabad. Making over to his father the Fort and the offices of the Nizamat, Sarfaraz Khan retired to his private residence at Naktakhali. From there he used to attend daily on his father, and spend his time according to the latter's wishes.