The Events of Mushtāqī 7: Other nobles of Sultán Sikandar's reign.

7

One half the whole country was assigned in jágír to the Farmulís, and the other half to the other Afghan tribes. At this time, the Lohanís and Farmulís predominated. The chief of the Sarwánís was 'Azam Humáyún, and the principal chieftains of the Lodís were four, viz. Mahmúd Khán, who had Kálpí in jágír; Míán 'Álam, to whom Etawa and Chandwar were assigned; Mubarak Khan, whose jagir was Lucknow; and Daulat Khan who held Lahore. Amongst the Sahu-khails, the chiefs were Husain Khan and Khan Jahan, both descended from the same ancestor as Sultan Bahlol; Bahlol, son of Kala, son of Bahram; Husain Khan, son of Firoz Khan, son of Bahram; and Kutb Khan Lodi Sahu-khail, who flourished in the time of Sultan Bahlol.
I shall now give an account of the Farmulis. The districts (ikta') of Saran and Champaran were held by Mian Husain; Oudh, Ambala, and Hodhna, by Mian Muhammad Kala Pahar; Kanauj by Mian Gadai; Shamsabad, Thanesar, and Shahabad by Mian 'Imad; Marahra by Tatar Khan, brother of Mian Muhammad; and Hariana, Desua, and other detached parganas by Khwajagi Shaikh Sa'id. Each of these possessed surpassing bravery and courage, but the sons of Shaikh Sa'id were pre-eminent above all for their learning and generosity. Shaikh Sa'id also himself, besides his nobility, possessed a great many excellences. He was a great favourite of Sultan Sikandar, who said one day, that it was thirty years since the Khwajagi had been associated with him, and yet he had never done anything to offend him. He never told any story twice over; and every difficult question that he put to him, always met with a ready solution.