The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 3.1.5

3.1.5

When the chiefs of the tribes of Roh had gone, the king commanded his nobles, saying:—"Every Afghan who comes to Hind from the country of Roh to enter my service, bring him to me. I will give him a jagir more than proportioned to his deserts, and such as shall content him; but if he for reasons of kindred or friendship prefers remaining in the service of any one of you, do you provide for him to his satisfaction; for if I hear of one Afghan from Roh returning thither again for want of a livelihood or employment, I will resume the jágírs of that noble who may have refused to entertain him." When the Afghans of Roh heard of this, and saw the favour and affection of the king towards them, they began every day, every month, and every year, to arrive in Hind, and received jágírs to their heart's content. It was at the time of this bounty of Sultán Bahlol, that the grandfather of Sher Sháh, by name Ibráhím Khán Súr, with his son Hasan Khán, the father of Sher Sháh, came to Hindústán from Afghánistán, from a place which is called in the Afghán tongue "Shargarí," but in the Multán tongue "Rohrí." It is a ridge, a spur of the Sulaimán Mountains, about six or seven kos in length, situated on the banks of the Gúmal. They entered into the service of Muhabbat Khán Súr, Dáúd Sáhú-khail, to whom Sultán Bahlol had given in jágír the parganas of Hariána and Bahkala, etc., in the Panjáb, and they settled in the pargana of Bajwára.