[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) › 4.3.3 # The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 4.3.3 Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání (extracts) 4.3.3 - **Language:** English ### [4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.3.3) And if in some rare case a theft or highway robbery does occur within the limits of a village without the cognizance of the mukaddam, he will shortly make inquiry that he may ascertain the circumstances of it; for mukaddams and cultivators are alike thieves, and they bear to each other the intimate relations of kinsmen: hence either the mukaddams are implicated in thefts and highway robberies, or can ascertain who perpetrated them. If a mukaddam harbours thieves and robbers unknown to the governor, it is fit he should be punished, or even be put to death, that it may be a warning to others to abstain from similar acts. - [Previous: 4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.3.2) - [Next: 4.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.3.4) - [Up: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.3.3) · Pramāṇa