Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.25.1

79.25.1

On the fifth of Jamada-'s-sani of the year one thousand the Sun entered Aries, and the beginning of the thirty-seventh year from the Accession took place, and they diligently shaved their beards, and this hemistich was found to give the date : “ used to say that,: ever so many scoundrels Have given their beards to the wind.” The rules and customs and observances on the occasion were the same as usual, with the addition of some new ones on the old lines. Of them are the following. The Dirhams and Dinars which had been coined with the stamps of former Emperors were to be melted down and sold for their value in gold and silver, and no trace was to be left of them in the world. And all sorts of Ashrafis and Rupees, on which there was his own royal stamps whether old or new, should all be set in circulation, and no difference of years was to be regarded. And Qulij Khan, being very diligent, every day sought out the bankers, and took bonds from them and inflicted fines on them, and many were put to death with various tortures; but for all that they would not desist from uttering counterfeit coins. The Emperor wrote and sent farmans into the uttermost parts of his dominions, containing stringent orders with regard to this matter. But it had no effect. At last by the care of Khwajah Shams-ud-din the Chief Diwan, that command was really put in force.