Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.15.1

79.15.1

At that time A‘zam Khan came in haste from Hajipur to Ilahabad and did homage, and receiving leave to depart he went quickly back again to bring his army. And the Amirs laid in that city the foundations of a great building ; and it was determined that thenceforth that place should be the Capital. And they struck a new coinage, and Sharif Sarmadi, the registrar of outposts of whom some one said : — “There were two registrars, and both were coarse, One was Sharif and not Nafis, The other was Nafis and not Sharif,” wrote this verse for the coin: “Ever may it current be, Like the gold of sun and moon, From east to west of the world, The coinage of Ilahabad.” About this time Mulla Ilahdad of Amrohah and Mulla Sheri attended the Court in order to flatter the Emperor; for they had been appointed to Sadr-ships in the Duab of the Panjab. Mulla Sheri presented to His Majesty, a poem composed by him, entitled Hazar Shu'a', which contained 1,000 qit'ahs in praise of the Sun. His Majesty was much pleased.