Tarikh-i Daʾudi 4.3

4.3

If Sultan Sikandar commanded his ministers to make over a jagir of a lac of tankas to any individual, and if after seizin he received information that its revenue amounted to ten lacs of tankas, he always inquired whether the person had received it from him, or had taken possession of it himself; and when told that His Majesty had bestowed it, he replied, "Let his good fortune remain untouched." A jagir worth seven lacs of tankas was ordered to be given to Malik Badru-d din Bahlim, and he received a pargana yielding that amount. In the first year its revenue amounted to nine lacs of tankas, and he informed the King that he had collected more than the assigned revenue — seeing that a jagir which was said to produce only seven lacs had given nine — and requested instructions relative to its disposal. The Sultan said, "Keep it yourself." In the next year the revenue reached eleven lacs, and Malik Bahlim again sent to tell His Majesty, who ordered him to keep it. In the third year he collected fifteen lacs, and again sent information to the King, who replied, "The jágír is yours, as is also all the money it produces; why, therefore, are you always mentioning the subject to me?" Marvellous was the integrity of the Kháns of that period, and the magnanimity and benevolence of the monarch of the age.