تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 10.8.4

10.8.4

We prepared for the journey to the capital; between Multān and it is a forty days' march through continuous settled country. The chamberlain and the colleague sent with him brought out what was needed for the hospitality of Qawām al-Dīn, and they took from Multān about twenty cooks. The chamberlain would go ahead by night to each halting place and prepare the food and other things, so that by the time Khudhāwandzāda arrived the food was ready. Each of the delegations we have mentioned camped separately with its tents and companions; sometimes they attended the meal prepared for Khudhāwandzāda, but I attended it only once.