[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Tārīkh-i Dāʾūdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi) › [Tarikh-i Daudi of 'Abdu-lla (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot) › 4.5 # Tarikh-i Daʾudi 4.5 Táríkh-i Dáúdí of 'Abdu-lla (extracts) 4.5 - **Language:** English ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.4.5) One day a saiyid from the district of Ardal, which is twenty or thirty kos from Panná on the Agra side, sought redress, because Mián Malik, the jágírdár of that pargana, had resumed his land, and withheld it from him. The Sultán commanded Mián Bhúa to inquire into the matter, and make known who was in the right. This dispute lasted two months; after which period the Sultán asked, "What has happened to you, that you cannot settle this affair? Until it is answered let no one leave the court to-day." Mián Malik, and the wazír's díwán, and the 'Ulamá, discussed the matter until the third watch of the night, and accounts of what they were doing were constantly sent to the Sultán, until the case was determined, and the right discovered to be on the saiyid's side, who had been oppressed. The Sultán directed Mián Malik to be asked why he had disobeyed the Sultán's orders by tyrannizing over the weak, and resuming wazáif and imlák tenures, which he had expressly reserved in all jágír grants. Mián Malik being ashamed hung down his head, and said : "I have committed a fault." He was then obliged to repeat this three times, "Malik is guilty and a tyrant, and the saiyid is an oppressed person." When he had said this three times, the Sultán said, "You have been disgraced in the hall of justice, and that is your punishment." He then had his jágír taken from him, and he never received another as long as he lived. - [Previous: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.4.4) - [Next: 5.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.5.1.1) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-daudi~en-elliot.4.5) · Pramāṇa