[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) › [Tuḥfa-yi Akbarshāhī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi) › [Tarikh-i Sher Shahi of 'Abbas Khan Sarwani (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot) › 3.1.7 # The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 3.1.7 Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání (extracts) 3.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.1.7) After some time, Farid Khan said to his father Hasan Khan, "Take me before Masnad-i 'ali 'Umar Khan, and say for me: 'Farid Khan wishes to serve you—order him on any duty of which he is capable.'" Hasan Khan declined compliance on account of his tender age, recommending him to wait some time longer. Farid Khan then spoke to his mother, and his mother said to Hasan Khan—"Since he desires to see the Masnad-i 'dli, take him with you—perhaps he may be pleased at the request of so young a boy, and give him something." Hasan Khan, to please Farid and his mother, took him with him before Masnad-i 'ali 'Umar Khan, and said:—"Farid wishes to serve you." 'Umar Khan replied—"Farid is now a little boy; when he is fit for my service I will employ him. For the present I give him Balhu, a hamlet of the village of Mahawali." Hasan Khan and Farid Khan were exceedingly delighted, and when Farid got home he said to his mother—"My father would not take me but at your request, and Masnad-i 'dli has given me a village in pargana Shahabad." - [Previous: 3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.1.6) - [Next: 3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.1.8) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.1.7) · Pramāṇa