[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) › 3.5.3 # The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 3.5.3 Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání (extracts) 3.5.3 - **Language:** English ### [3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.5.3) Even after his death, I offered to give my three brothers a larger jágír than had been assigned to them during my father's lifetime, and I said to Sulaimán, 'Let us put aside the ill-feeling that existed between us during our father's life, and let us pass the rest of our lives in amity and affection.' \* \* \* I send my brother Nizám to bring him to me, and I will give him such a jágír as will satisfy him; but let him put aside the desire of sharing as his portion in (the government of) my pargana; for while I live he shall never obtain this." When Muhammad Khán's vakíl reported what Faríd Khán had said and written, Muhammad Khan said to Sulaimdn, "Farid Khdn will not give you a share quietly. I will make him do so by force." \* \* \* Sulaiman was much delighted; but the matter was reported to Farid Khdn, who consulted with his brother Nizdm and his other adherents, and said, "I must ally myself with some one who will be able to oppose Muhammad Khdn, and there is no one within reach except Bihdr Khan, son of Darya Khdn Lohani. However, it is best to wait a little. If Sultan Ibrahim prevails, no one will be able to say a word against me; for do I not hold the Sultan's farmdn? - [Previous: 3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.5.2) - [Next: 3.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.5.4) - [Up: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.3.5.3) · Pramāṇa