Muntakhab al-tawarikh 65.1.6

65.1.6

the assembled people raised a shout and all the skilled musicians owned their allegiance to him, and praised him exceedingly; and at the time when he was an Amīr, and as a commander of twenty-thousand held a jāgīr, a Bhagat boy, handsome and comely who had acquired perfection in his art, used to come to his assembly from some of the villages near Badāon, and used to play. ‘Adlī was so fascinated by his beauty and skill that he kept him in his own service and took pains to educate him, giving him the name of Mujāhid Khān. When he attained to kingly power he made him a commander of ten thousand. His natural elegance and refinement were such that one day upon returning from the polo ground of Badaon he said, “I am hungry.” Ghazi Khan Sur whose tent was at the head of the road said “What I have ready is at your service.” ‘Adli, for politeness sake, felt constrained to accept his hospitality; first they brought some fried sheep’s liver. No sooner had he smelt it than he leapt from his seat, and was so disgusted that he left the company and drew rein nowhere till he reached his house; they say also that the sweepers used to gather up the remains of camphor of the finest quality two or three times daily from his dressing-room, and whenever a necessity arose he would first grow red, then pale and livid, and would faint while his countenance changed. In spite of all this leisure and luxuriousness, his fasts and prayers were never duly performed;