The Nāṣirī Generations 227: IX. MALIK HINDU KHAN, MU-AYYID-UD-DIN, MIHTAR-I-MUBARAK-UL-KHAZIN-US-SULTANI.

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Hindu Khan, Mihtar-i-Mubarak, was, by origin, of Mahir. When he first came into the august Sultan’s service, the Sultan [I-yal-timish] purchased him of Fakhr-ud-Din, the Safahani. Hindu Khan was a man of exceeding good disposition, and of exemplary conduct, of sincere piety, and, in the Sultan’s service, had attained great intimacy with him, and had reached a position of the most perfect confidence. Throughout the whole reign of Sultan I-yal-timish — from the beginning to the close — and the reign of Sultan Raziyyat likewise, he was honoured and esteemed, had held the office of Treasurer, and had done good services. All Sultan I-yal-timish’s slaves who attained offices in the state, and positions of greatness, were objects of his regard and affection; and they all looked upon him as a kind and loving father.
When Hindu Khan first came into the Sultan's service, he became Yuz-ban [Keeper of the hunting leopards], and, subsequently, he was made Torch-bearer; and, whilst holding that office, within the limits of the territory of Baran, at the time when the Sultan [I-yal-timish] was feudatory of Baran [before he succeeded to the throne], in the reign of the beneficent Sultan, Kutb-ud-Din, I-bak, during a raid against one of the independent tribes of Hindu infidels, Hindu Khan Mihtar-i-Mubarak, with the spike of his torch, unhorsed a Hindu and sent the man to Hell. The Sultan [afterwards] made him his Tasht-dar [Ewer-bearer], and, in that capacity, he served for a considerable time.
When the affairs of the kingdom came under the administration of the Shamsi dynasty, the Mihtar-i-Mubarak became Treasurer to Sultan I-yal-timish, but he did not ever give up the office of Tasht-dar up to the end of the Sultan's lifetime, and used, as heretofore, to perform the duties of personal Ewer-bearer. When the august Sultan encamped before the preserved fortress of Gwaliyur, and took that place, this servant of the victorious dynasty, Minhaj-i-Saraj, during that expedition, for a period of seven months, in accordance with commands, was in the habit of delivering a discourse, twice in each week, at the entrance of the royal pavilion; and, throughout the month of Ramazan, and on the 10th of Zi-Hijjah, and 10th of Muharram, the author used to perform the service daily. After the fortress was taken possession of, as the just claims of his priestly duties had been established, the administration of all matters of law and religion of that fortress was entrusted to the author, and this installation took place in the year 630 H. This is mentioned because, at the time of investing the author with the direction of law affairs, that Mihtar of Mihtars, Mihtar-i-Mubarak, Hindu Khan himself, was present in the royal treasury, and treated him with such kindness and encouragement that this servant of the state was much beholden to him for such honour on his part. Almighty God reward him, and have mercy on him!
When the Shamsi reign came to a termination, in the reign of Sultan Raziyyat, the territory and fortress of Uchchah was entrusted to Malik Hindu Khan's charge; and, when the throne passed to Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din, Bahram Shah, he returned from that province to the Court, and the territory of Jalandhar [Jalhandar] was conferred upon him, and there also he died.