Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.35.4

78.35.4

Then, in accordance with the well-known saying — ‘ In a place without trees a Palma Christi is [looked on as] a shady and fruitful tree ’ the Amirs, on this principle, looked to Shakam Khan Jalair as their leader “ The death of the great has made me great. ” But, when the news reached the Court, the Emperor appointed the Khan Zaman, in the room of the Khan Khanan, to the Command in Bengal, and presented him with a gold-embroidered cloak, and vest of gold, and jewelled sword-belt, and a horse with a guilded saddle. Then whether at his own request, or for the peace of the kingdom, it was settled that Mirza Sulaiman should go by sea on a pilgrimage to Hijaz : and having signed a draught for him of 50,000 rupees upon the imperial treasury, and given him another sum of 20 rupees from the local treasury of Gujrat, the Emperor gave him leave to depart. And Qulij Khan he appointed as his escort, to see him off safely from the port of Surat. During this same year he reached Makkah and Al Madinah, and by the help of God’s grace and faithfulness he returned by way of ‘Iraq, and was, as was right, reinstated in the sovereignty of Badakhshan : — “ Thou hast never seen that road, therefore they never showed it thee, Else, who has ever knocked at that door, and they opened not to him.”