The Nāṣirī Generations 190.1.2
Tabakat-i-Nasiri 190.1.2
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190.1.2
He joined Muhammad-i-Bakht-yar, and his affairs reached such a point that the coin of the territory of Lakhanawati was stamped, and the Khutbah thereof read, in his name, and they styled him by the title of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din. He made the city of Lakhanawas the seat of government, and founded the fortress of Basan-kot, and people from all directions turned their faces towards him. He was a man of pleasing mien, of exceeding handsome appearance, and both his exterior and interior were [adorned] by the perfection of mercy; and he was magnanimous, just, and munificent. During his reign the troops and inhabitants of that country enjoyed comfort and tranquillity; and, through his liberality and favour, all acquired great benefits and reaped numerous blessings. In that country many marks of his goodness remained. He founded jami [general] and other masjids, and conferred salaries and stipends upon good men among theologians, the priesthood, and descendants of the Prophet; and other people acquired, from his bounty and munificence, much riches. For example, there was an Imam-zadah of the capital city, Firuz-koh, whom they used to style Jalal-ud-Din, the son of Jamal-ud-Din, the Ghaznawi, who, to better his means left his native country and came into the territory of Hindustan in the year 608 H. After some years, he returned again to the capital city, Firuz-koh, and brought back with him abundant wealth and riches.