Tarikh-i Daʾudi 5.3.4

5.3.4

During his reign everything was cheap, and safety and security prevailed. He was busied with affairs from daybreak until evening and sleeping time. During his reign the hand of oppression was not stretched out over the zamindars of Hind, and all obeyed and submitted to him. The reign of Sikandar was an extraordinary one, and the people of that age were born under a fortunate star to possess such a ruler as the Sultan. "Upon every nation of which God approves He bestows a virtuous ruler. If He desires to render a land desolate, He places it in the grasp of a tyrant."