تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.13.1

11.13.1

Khusraw Khān was one of the greatest amīrs of Quṭb al-Dīn; he was brave and handsome, and he had conquered the land of Jandīrī and the land of Maʿbar, which are among the most fertile lands of Hind, six months' journey from Dihlī. Quṭb al-Dīn loved him intensely and favoured him, and this brought about his death at his hands. Quṭb al-Dīn had a tutor called Qāḍī Khān Ṣadr al-Jahān, who was the greatest of his amīrs and the kalīt-dār, that is, the keeper of the keys of the palace. His custom was to spend every night at the sultan's gate together with the men of the watch, who are a thousand men who keep the night watch in turns every four nights. They stand in two rows between the gates of the palace, each with his weapons before him, so that no one enters except between their two rows. When the night is over, the men of the day watch come.