The Rashīdī History 99.2.4

99.2.4

It is the practice of the humane and the usage of the generous (and of these two qualities kings make boast) that when a person at any time renders them some particular service, they reward that person with various presents and favours. My uncle was the son of the daughter of Yunus Khan, and for generations [his family] had been at the head of the affairs of the Moghul Sultans and Khakans. I have explained the prerogatives of the office of Ulusbegi in Part II. My uncle was one of the most distinguished men in the service of Rashid Sultan's father, so much so that no one was more valued or prized than he; for he had rendered some most important services to Sultan Said Khan. The first was the conquest of Andijan, which became the keystone of the Khan's dominions.