تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 10.6.1

10.6.1

A friendship grew up between me and this malik, the sharīf Jalāl al-Dīn, and companionship and affection became firm between us. We met again at the capital, Dihlī, and when the Sultan travelled to Dawlat Ābād, as we shall relate, and ordered me to stay at the capital, Jalāl al-Dīn said to me, "You will need a great deal of money, and the Sultan's absence will be long, so take my village and draw its revenue until I return." I did so, and drew from it about five thousand dinars. May God reward him with His finest reward.