Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 6.2.9

6.2.9

Mahmood having ordered a number of munkuls or stoves to be brought within his tents, they became so heated, that many of the courtiers began to throw off their upper garments, when a facetious chief, whose name was Dilchuk, came in, shivering with cold. The King observing him, said, "Go out, Dilchuk, and tell the Winter that he may burst his cheeks with blustering, for here we defy his power." Dilchuk went out accordingly, and returning in a short time, kissed the ground, and thus addressed his master: "I have delivered the King's message to the Winter, but the surly season replies, that if his hands cannot reach the skirts of royalty, nor hurt the attendants of the court, yet he will so evince his power this night on the army, that in the morning Mahmood may be compelled to saddle his own horse."