تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 6.6.7

6.6.7

I returned to the capital and busied myself with repairing my house; on this I spent four thousand dinars, of which I received from the treasury six hundred and paid the rest myself. I also built a mosque opposite my house, and occupied myself with the dispositions for the mausoleum of Sultan Qutb ad-Din. The sultan had fixed the daily issue of food there at twelve maunds of flour and a like quantity of meat. I saw that this amount was too small, and that the produce which the sultan had put at my disposal was plentiful, and consequently I dispensed every day thirty-five maunds of flour and thirty-five of meat, together with proportionate quantities of sugar, candy, ghee and betel, not only to the salaried employees but also to visitors and travellers. The famine at that time was severe, but the population were relieved by this food, and the news of it spread far and wide. The “King” Sabih, having gone to join the sultan at Dawlat Abad, was asked by him for news of the doings of the people [in Delhi] and answered “If there were in Delhi two such men as so-and-so there would be no complaints of famine.” The sultan was pleased at this and sent me a robe of honour from his own wardrobe.