Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.5.1

61.5.1

The Ghakkars in appearance like the tribe of 'Ad, daily fought with the Afghans, and by night entered their camp like thieves, and used to carry off whomsoever they might find, woman or man, freed man or slave, and keep them in bonds with the utmost rigour, and sell them. The Afghans dragged them in the dirt, and gave them the nickname of Ruswai (disgraced), but no one had the power to represent this state of things to Islem Shah till at last one day Shah Muhammad Farmali, who was one of the most noted Amirs for wit and good humour in Hindustan, and was also a specially favoured and forward boon companion said, "My Lord the King! Last night I saw in a dream three bags descend from heaven, in one of which was dust, in another gold, and in the third paper. The dust fell upon the head of a soldier, the gold went to the house of the Hindu daftari, and the paper remained in the royal treasury." Islem Shah was pleased with this speech, and promised that after his return to Gwaliar he would make his accountants draw up an account of the soldiers' pay, and pay them in gold. As it happened that order was never carried out, for in those same days death seized him by the collar. Verse. Attend to my wants to-day for that draught is of no avail Which is given to Sohrab after his death.