The Book of Akbar 306.10

306.10

Each morn his threshold is my altar From joy in the glorious sun I face eastwards Perchance the key of grace may reach my pocket With chain on foot I’m as a door on the threshold. All the Signors and Sirdars (sīrān wu sirdārān), all the generals and generalissimos (sipahkashān wu sipahsālārān), and the other pillars of empire and eyes of sovereignty, gave their allegiance to that lofty-lineaged one from the bottom of their hearts and with a sincere conscience, and ratified the compact and league by an oath to God. Bairām Khān Khān-khānān I‘tizād-i-daulat qāhira (the stay of victorious dominion), became by sublime favour Vakīl-as-salṭanat. The binding and loosing of the affairs of the Caliphate, the gathering and despatching of the armies of victory, were committed to his plenteous science and the strong hand of his fidelity. The other territory-adorning officers and grandees of Caghatai lineage, whether those who had the bliss of serving in the Presence, or were stationed in the provinces or on the borders to hold territories or to subdue them, received, one and all, special marks of attention in addition to their being distinguished by royal favours, in accordance with their position and merits.