Muntakhab al-tawarikh 37.2.6
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 37.2.6
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37.2.6
When God desires to openly disgrace any man He leads him to abuse those of holy and pure nature; And if God desires to hide the sins of any man He leads him to talk little about the sins of other sinners. His habits also underwent great change, and his heart emboldened him to walk in the valley of bloodshed as his father had done, so that rivers of blood began to flow, and he put to death without any cause Zafar Khan Wali of Gujerat. In the mean while Yaklakhi had prepared a rebellion in Deogir, and had arranged to assume the insignia of royalty. At last when Khusru Khan reached Deogir, the men of the army who had been sent to Deogir seized Yaklakhi and made him over to Khusru Khan, who sent him bound to Dihli where he was executed. The Sultan also put to death Malik Shahin who was known by the title of Wafa Malik, without any reason save the representations of some intriguers. In these days the Sultan used generally to array himself in women's garments, and adorning himself like them with gold and jewels, used to give public audience. Moreover he openly indulged in drinking and other forms of vice, inter marem feminamque discrimen nullomodo facere solebat. Verse. Statura cujusvis ut littera Alif erecta, idem quod littera Bal et Nun incurvescebat, adeo Alif in rimam omnium inserebat.