Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.4.5

61.4.5

He also seized the elephants in the same manner, and did not leave in the possession of any one any but a wretched female elephant fit only for carrying baggage, and gave orders that the red tent was confined solely to his own use. Another order was this, that he brought the whole country under his own personal control, and in accordance with the regulations and custom of the dagh system which Shir Shah had instituted, the soldiery were paid in cash. A further step was to send written orders to all the Sarkars containing comprehensive instructions on all important points of religion, and all political and civil questions, entering into the minutest essential detail, and dealing with all regulations which might be of service to the soldiery and civil population, to the merchants and other various classes, and which the authorities were bound to follow in their jurisdiction. All these points were written in these documents whether agreeable to the religious law or not, so that there was no necessity to refer any such matters to the Qazi or Mufti, nor was it proper to do so.