[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) › 4.5.6 # The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 4.5.6 Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání (extracts) 4.5.6 - **Language:** English ### [4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.5.6) From the day that Sher Shah was established on the throne, no man dared to breathe in opposition to him; nor did any one raise the standard of contumacy or rebellion against him; nor was any heart-tormenting thorn produced in the garden of his kingdom; nor was there any of his nobles or soldiery, or a thief or a robber, who dared to direct the eye of dishonesty to the property of another; nor did any theft or robbery ever occur in his dominions. Travellers and wayfarers, during the time of Sher Shah's reign, were relieved from the trouble of keeping watch; nor did they fear to halt even in the midst of a desert. They encamped at night at every place, desert or inhabited, without fear; they placed their goods and property on the plain, and turned out their mules to graze, and themselves slept with minds at ease and free from care, as if in their own house; and the zamíndárs, for fear any mischief should occur to the travellers, and that they should suffer or be arrested on account of it, kept watch over them. And in the time of Sher Sháh's rule, a decrepit old woman might place a basket full of gold ornaments on her head and go on a journey, and no thief or robber would come near her, for fear of the punishments which Sher Sháh inflicted. - [Previous: 4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.5.5) - [Next: 4.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.5.7) - [Up: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-shershahi~en-elliot.4.5.6) · Pramāṇa