Muntakhab al-tawarikh 157.1

157.1

He has acquired the honour of performing the pilgrimage to Makkah the glorious and Madīnah the delectable. He is well versed in those branches of learning which depend on the memory and was for a long time in the imperial service. He was employed for four years alone and without any coadjutor, on the translation of the Mahābhārata which is known as the Razmnāma, and what was begun by Naqīb Khān was finished by him. On account of an accusation of the crime of cow-killing which was brought against him by the Hindus of that pargana an order was issued for his banishment to Bhakkar, and the Khān-i-Khānān, who was in those days in charge of the Ṣūba (of Multān) treated him with great consideration and kindness, and applied ointment to the wounds of his soul. After that land had been completely subjugated the Khan-i-Khanan took Haji Sultan with him thence, and promised to procure the reversal of the sentence of banishment which had been passed against him. Haji Sultan returned secretly to his native place, and the Khan-i-Khanan, after conquering the province of Asirgarh and Burhanpur, prayed in one of his petitions for the reversal of the sentence against him. His request was granted, and Providence watched over the Haji's affairs, so that the emperor privately ordered Shaikh Abu-l-Fazl to appoint him of Thanesar and Karnal, so that he was freed from the fear that had beset him. He still holds the appointment of Karori. dm, the Mufti, used to live.