The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 3.11.4
Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání (extracts) 3.11.4
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3.11.4
When Mian Muhammad died, towards the end of the reign of Sultan Ibrahim, he left one boy of uncertain parentage, who was called Mian Nia'mu. His parentage was for this cause uncertain, as Mian Kala Pahar had bestowed one of his concubines on a servant. When the girl had been some time in the servant's house, she bore a male child, whom she declared to be the offspring of Mian Muhammad Kala Pahar. When Mian Muhammad heard this, he took the girl away from his servant, and brought her into his own house, and acknowledged the child as his own son. The child grew up an able man. Sultan Ibrahim made Shaikh Mustafa, the husband of Fath Malika, and who was also her father's brother's son, the successor to Mian Muhammad Kala Pahar; but gave a small portion of Kala Pahar's treasury to Mian Nia'mu, and also bestowed one or two parganas of the sarkar of Oudh in jagir on him; but the greater portion of Kala Pahar's treasure came into the possession of Fath Malika.