Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.5.2

78.5.2

In the year 971 Khwajah Muzaffar ‘Ali Turbati received the title of Khan, and was made Minister of Finance, and they found Zālim “oppressor” to give the date. Meanwhile day by day a rivalry in matters general and particular went on between the Raja and him. And a certain wit adapted the old verse, (p. 66) : — “A dog of a Cashi is better than a Çifahani, Although a dog is a hundred times better than a Cashi” in the following manner : — “A dog of a Raja is better than Muzaffar Khan Although a dog is a hundred times better than a Raja.” When the Amirs complained of the Raja to the Emperor, and requested his dismissal, he returned answer “Every one of you has a Hindu to manage his private affairs. Suppose we too have a Hindu, why should harm come of it?” And a foolish fellow invented the following jewellers-posie concerning the Raja:— “He who of Indian affairs made a mull Was the Raja of Rajas Todarmal.” In this year Qazi Lai, the wittiest of all good fellows and boon-companions, was sent for from the town of Baran under some pretext or other, and delivered up to punishment. The words Qazi Lai give the date.