تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.6
English (machine translation) 11.6
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11.6.1
His name is spelled with two single-dotted bāʾs with a lām between them, all with fatḥa, and ending in nūn. When Balban killed his master Sultan Nāṣir al-Dīn, he ruled alone after him for twenty years, having before that been his deputy for another twenty years. He was one of the best of sultans, just, forbearing
11.6.2
and virtuous. Among his noble deeds was that he built a house and named it the House of Safety. Any debtor who entered it had his debt paid; anyone who entered it in fear was made safe; anyone who entered it having killed someone, the kin of the slain man were satisfied on his behalf; and any offender who entered it, whoever was pursuing him was likewise satisfied. He was buried in that house when he died, and I visited his tomb.
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- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic