The Book of Akbar 208.2.2

208.2.2

His Majesty, being a mine of courtesy, could not resist going to 'Iraq and so pleasing his faithful companions. He placed the foot of resolve in the stirrup of dominion and went on with a firm determination towards Herat. At every stage some one of the notables and grandees of Khurasan came out to meet him, and waited upon him as if he had been one of his own confidential courtiers. The sound of the royal cortege opened the gates of joy for the inhabitants, and the people of many towns, such as Jam, Turbat, Sarakhas, Isfarain, came to Herat in expectation of the sublime advent. When the couriers of Tatar Sultan, and of the nobles of Khurasan, who had gone forth to welcome him, reported to Muhammad Khan that the sublime procession had come near the Ziyaratgah the latter himself came out, accompanied by the nobles such as Wais Sultan, Shah Quli Sultan and the distinguished men of learning such as Mir Murtaza Sadr, Mir Husain of Kerbala and other excellent persons, and by the people generally. At the head of the Bridge of Malan, which is a famous resort in Herat, they met him and conveyed to him the Shah's felicitations and those respectful greetings which are magnanimity's essence. It had already been arranged that the roads should be swept and watered from the Hsian Bridge up to the Jahanara Garden, and that the grandees and the ingenious men (zurafa) of the city should come from either side and wait upon him.