Muntakhab al-tawarikh 20.2.2

20.2.2

He in the fire of whose wrath evil doers Give up their sweet lives like sugarcane. The sugar of religion and the rose of sovereignty The revolving sphere has mixed together ; Oh Lord ! let this conserve of religion and sovereignty Be the cause of health to the whole world. And Qazi Hamid of Balkh says : Ghazi Muizzu-d-Din wad-Dunya with whom On the day of battle victory marches with his auspicious standard. Sultan from East to West, Monarch from West to East Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Sam ibn Husain, having sent to Malik Qutbu-d-Din from Firoza Koh the canopy and insignia of royalty, addressed him by the title of Sultan, and in the year 602 H. (1205 A. D.) having come from Dehli to Lahore on Tuesday, the sixteenth of the month of Zu-l-Qa'dah in the aforesaid year, ascended the throne of empire and became proverbial for his kindness and clemency. He used to bestow upon deserving recipients rewards far in excess of their anticipations, and inaugurated his custom of lak bakhshi (bestowing laks). One of the learned men of the time named Bahau-d-Din Ushi said in praise of him. Quatrain. Oh thou that hast brought into the world the bestowal of laks; Thy hand has brought the mine into great straits; From envy of thy liberality the heart of the mine has seized blood drops, And placed them forward pretending that they are rubies.