Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.15.4

79.15.4

And among the remarkable events of this time was this. They brought a low-caste woman into the Audience hall, and said that she had become a man, and one of the translators of the Ramayana went out of the company of the translators, and saw her, and came back and testified that she was a woman, who through shame covered her face, and uttered not a word. And the doctors brought forward many proofs confirming this matter, and said that such things often occurred, (glory to God who rules in his kingdom as he will !) And in this year Mulla Alim of Kabul, who was very learned, and sweet-voiced, and of pleasant conversation, and was the most cheerful fellow imaginable, died, and the date was found to be given by : “ The greedy man's hair is covered with dust ” and the Fawatih-ul-walayat is his work. At this time the thirtieth year from the accession, and the Nowroz-i-Sultani which corresponds with the Nowroz-i-jalali, arrived. On the eighth of the month Rabi’-ul-awwal of the year nine hundred and ninety two (992) the entrance of the Sun into Aries took place. And the customary fancy bazzaar and festival was held, and a great concourse came together, and new-fangled customs came into vogue, and hoards were sent flying. And bells — brazen bulls, like the calf of Samari — were played, and made a great noise. And bigas, which are tents looking like domes, and are an invention of the Europeans, were set up.