The Book of Akbar (Shaykh Ilāhdād Faiḍī Sirhindī) 3.8

3.8

Intelligence now arrived that Kazi Hasan had been appointed to relieve Shaikh Farid. The reason of this was, that the Emperor greatly valued the services of the Shaikh, and when he learned that the country had been reduced, and there remained but little to require his presence there, he appointed Kazi Hasan, who had formerly seen service and gained experience in the hills under the son of Kalij Khan, to go and relieve the Shaikh, and to finish what yet remained to be done in concert with the other nobles in the army. Shaikh Farid Bakhshi was to return to Court. When the Kazi arrived, the Bakhshi represented that there still remained some work to be done, and it seemed advisable for him to remain a few days and accomplish his work, after which he would proceed to Court. It might be that things which were easy for him might become difficult after his departure. But the Kazi did not assent to this, and urged immediate submission to the royal command. So, at the beginning of the month of De, the Bakhshi started, and travelling express by way of Desoha and Batala, he reached Lahore in three days, and having paid his respects to the Emperor, received great honours. About this time Khwaja Nizamu-d din Ahmad Bakhshi, the author of the Tabakat-i Akbar-shahi, died, being nearly forty-eight years of age, on the 22nd Safar, 1003 H., and the thirty-ninth year of the reign.