The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 3.11.7

3.11.7

and (which God forbid!) if any injury should occur to your people among these hills in which you now are, it would be an eternal disgrace to me. Men would say, 'Because she could not trust Sher Khan, she would not enter his country.'" When the vaki'l came to Fath Malika, and she heard what Sher Khan wrote, she wrote in reply, that if he would make a covenant with her, and confirm it by oaths, she would come to him. To this Sher Khan agreed, and she sent a trustworthy man to Sher Khan, in whose presence he swore, and pledged himself by the most solemn oaths. Bibi Fath Malika being fully assured, came to Sher Khan, and remained some time with him.