The History of Fīrūz Shāh (ʿAfīf) 55: Eighteenth Mukaddama. — Invention of the Tas-i ghariyal (a clock or bell to tell the time).
Táríkh-i Fíroz Sháhí of Shams-i Siráj 'Afíf (extracts) 55
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Many wonderful things were invented by Sultan Firoz in the course of his reign, and among the most wonderful was the Tas-i ghariyal. [Seven different uses of the Tas in marking time and making known the hours of prayer, etc.] It was placed on the top of the darbar of the kushk in Firozabad, and people crowded to see it.