Tarikh-i Daʾudi 4.2

4.2

This led people to suppose that the treasure had been buried during the reign of that monarch. 'Alí Khán, the name of the chief who governed the territories of Lahore and Dibalpur, wrote a letter, and sent it to the Shaikh, saying: "This country is in my charge, as also any hidden treasure found in it." The Shaikh replied, "If the great God had given it to you, I should not have had anything to say to you; as He has been pleased to bestow it on me, no portion of it belongs to you." 'Ali Khan wrote an account of this affair to the Sultan, and represented that "a royal treasure had been discovered on the lands of Shaikh Muhammad." Sultan Sikandar said: "What have you got to do with it? Why do you relate what has happened to the darwesh?" Shaikh Muhammad also sent one of his men with some gold vessels, stamped with the seal of "Zu-l-karnain," to the King, telling how they had been found, and asking for orders how to dispose of them. Sultan Sikandar wrote in reply, desiring him to keep them all, and said, "You and I have each an account to render to the most High God, who is the owner of the world, and who gives to whomsoever He will."