Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.6.5

79.6.5

He again committed the government of the Panjab to Sa'id Khan, and Rajah Bhagwan Das, and Man Singh. And with a view to making inquiry into the management of the grant-lands of that province, he appointed a Qadr to each Doab. These were Mulla Ilahdad of Amrohah, Mulla Ilahdad Nabawi of Sultanpur, Mulla Shah Muhammad of Shahabad, and Mulla Sheri the poet. The first and fourth were remarkable for their good-heartedness, and the second and third for their bad-heartedness. And Mulla Shah Muhammad wrote a mandate to Shaikh Ishaq Kakawi, a holy and God-fearing sage, with such pomp, that [you might apply to it the verse] "Our people obey God’s preacher!" And Shaikh Faizi he appointed Qadr of the Doab. And Hakim Humam, and Hakim Abu-l-Fath the Qadr of the metropolis, he sent to the other side of the Ganges. When His Majesty arrived at Panipat, Shahbaz Khan (who during the Emperor’s absence had more suo turned the whole of the imperial dominions right away from Garhi to the Panjab into people's jagir, and had given to any one any post that he wished for) arrived at that station with great magnificence, pomp, and circumstance to pay homage to the Emperor. When His Majesty enquired the cause of all this bravery, he replied: “If I had not thus won over the soldiery, they would have revolted with one consent. Now the empire is yours and the army is yours. You may give what you like to whom you will, and take away appointments and jagirs from whom you please”:—