تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 6.6.5

6.6.5

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 ?