The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 4.1.2

4.1.2

He had his dependents in waiting to awake him when two-thirds of the night were passed; and bathing himself every night he employed himself in prayer and supplication until the fourth watch. After that he heard the accounts of the various officers, and the ministers made their reports of the work to be done in their respective departments, and the orders which Sher Shah gave they recorded for their future guidance, that there might be no necessity for inquiry in future. When the morning had well broken, he again performed his ablutions, and with a great assembly went through his obligatory devotions, and afterwards read the Musta'ab-i 'ashr, and other prayers. After that his chiefs and soldiers came to pay their respects, and the "heralds" (nakibs) called out each man by name, and said: — "Such and such a one, the son of such a one, pays his respects." One full hour after sunrise, that is to say about the first hour of the day, he performed the Namaz-i ishrak. After this, he inquired of his chiefs and soldiers if any of them had no jagir, that he might assign them one before entering on a campaign; and said that if any asked for a jagir while engaged in a campaign, he should be punished.