The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 4.4.8

4.4.8

besides, my lord has been bred and brought up in Hindustan, and is possessed of delicate breeding and graceful accomplishments: my sons have the habits and manners of Roh. Alliance between myself and my lord is altogether unadvisable, as there is so wide a difference between us." When Mubariz Khan heard Allah-dad's answer, he was convulsed with exceeding anger, and set himself to injure and persecute the Sambhals, in the hope that they, being driven to extremities by his violence and oppression, might give him Allah-dad's daughter. From fear of Sher Shah, the Sambhals submitted to all the violence and oppression which Mubariz committed; but when it reached beyond all bounds of sufferance, Farid, Idris, and Nizam, three illegitimate brothers of Allah-dad, said to Mubariz Khan, — "We three brothers have several daughters, and possess more influence in our tribe than Allah-dad. We will give you a daughter of any of us brothers you may wish, and do you then abstain from persecuting the Sambhals." Mubariz Khan replied: — "I do not require your daughters; give me Allah-dad's daughter."