The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 65.5

65.5

Sarkar Pakli is thirty-five kos in length, by twenty-five in breadth. On the east it has the mountains of Kashmir, on the west Attock Benares, on the north Kator, on the south the country of the Ghakkars. It is said that when Timur was returning to Turan from the conquest of Hindustan, he left some of his followers here. The people themselves say they are by origin Farsis (?), but they cannot tell what was the name of their leader. They are now called Lahori, and their speech is that of the Jats. The same may be said of the people of Dhamtaur. In the time of my father Shah Rukh was the zamindar of Dhamtaur. His son Bahadur is now zamindar. Although the people of Pakli and Dhamtaur intermarry and communicate freely, yet they are always quarrelling, like other zamindars, about boundaries. These people have always been well affected towards our family. Sultan Mahmud, the father of Sultan Husain of Pakli, and Shah Rukh, both came to visit me before my accession. Notwithstanding that Sultan Husain is seventy years old, he is to all appearance strong; he can ride and take exercise.