تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.33.5

13.33.5

فلما فرغنا من الطعام أكل الحلواء، ثم شرب الفقاع بعد ذلك، وأخذنا التنبول وانصرفنا، فلم يكن غير هنيهة وأتانى الخازن، فقال: ابعث أصحابك يقبضون المال فبعثتهم وعدت إلى داري بعد المغرب، فوجدت المال بها وهو ثلاث بدر فيها ستة آلاف ومائتان وثلاث وثلاثون تنكة، وذلك صرف الخمسة والخمسين الفا التي هي دين علي، وصرف الاثنى عشر الفا التي أمر لي بها فيما تقدم بعد حط العشر على عادتهم، وصرف التكنة ديناران ونصف دينار من ذهب المغرب.

A few moments later the treasurer came to me and said “Send your friends to receive the money,” so I sent them, and on returning to my house after the sunset prayer found the money there in three sacks, containing the fifty-five thousand dinars which was the amount of my debt, together with the twelve thousand which the sultan had previously commanded to be paid to me, less one-tenth according to their custom. On the 9th of first Jumada [21st October 1341], the sultan left Delhi for Ma‘bar [Coromandel] to fight with a rebel in that district. I was all prepared to accompany him, but was commanded with some others to remain in Delhi, and the chamberlain took written acknowledgments of the order from us as a proof that we had received it. The sultan also commanded that I should take charge of the mausoleum of Sultan Qutb ad-Din. He then sent for us to bid us farewell, and asked me if I had any requests. I took out a piece of paper with six petitions, but he said to me “Speak with your tongue.” Amongst other things I said “What shall I do about the mausoleum of Sultan Qutb ad-Din ?