Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 78.6.5

78.6.5

The treasurer then said, "O Sire, my master had two treasuries, one of which he called the King's, from which were issued the expenses of his troops, stables, and household: in this there " are now ten thousand larees and three thousand hoons; the other he called the treasury of the poor, and in this there is a sealed bag containing three hundred larees." The King said, "How comes it that the Khwaja, whose revenues equalled that of many kings, should only have so small a sum?" The treasurer said, "Whenever money came from his jageer, having taken for the King's treasury the pay of his troops and stables, he gave the remainder, in your Majesty's name, to the poor, not reserving a cowrie for his own use. A sum of forty thousand larees, which he brought with him from Persia to the Deccan, he employed in trade, and preserving always that capital, he expended two larees daily for his own kitchen and apparel out of the profit, the remainder of which was carried into the treasury for the poor, and issued from thence in sums remitted to his mother, his relatives, and worthy persons, with whom he had made acquaintance in his travels and who would not come to Hindoostan." The enemies of the minister were confounded at this account; but enviously remarked, that the Khwaja was a prudent man, and suspecting his expenses might betray his riches, had left them secreted at the capital.