Muntakhab al-tawarikh 43.1.7

43.1.7

And in the year 744 A.H. (1343 A.D.) the Sultan passing through Samrati and Samrana gave orders to the Saiyyids and all the Muslims in opposition to the advice of Hasan Kanku, for a general massacre, but he kept the chief men of those districts in their posts, conveyed them to the suburbs of the city, and conferred upon them villages and districts, and bestowing many rich robes of honour, and purses of gold gave them a place of abode there; and when a general famine arose he issued an edict that any one who wished should proceed to the eastern part of Hindustan and spend the days of dearness and scarcity there, without let or hindrance, and in the same way if any person wishing to give up living in Daulatabad should return to Dihli, no one would molest him. Moreover in that year so many people arrived in Hindustan from the countries of Khurasan and ‘Iraq and Samarqand, in the hope of receiving the bounty of the Sultan, that hardly any other races were to be seen in that country. And in this year Haji Sa‘id Sarsari arrived from Egypt bearing the diploma of the Khalifah with a banner and a robe of honour, conferring upon the Sultan the title of Nasir-i-Amir-l-Mu’minin from the Khalifah of the Abbasides who were still extant. The Sultan ordered decorations and illuminations in the city, and proceeded with all the Shaikhs and Saiyyids and his retainers to give him an honourable reception, then, dismounting, he kissed the feet of Haji Sa‘id and joined his retinue.