تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.14.1

12.14.1

The sultan had sent a gift to the caliph in Egypt, Abū al-ʿAbbās, and asked him to send him a patent of investiture over the lands of Hind and Sind, out of his belief in the caliphate. The caliph Abū al-ʿAbbās sent him what he had requested with the chief shaykh of Egypt, Rukn al-Dīn. When he came to him, he honoured him greatly and gave him an ample gift; he would rise for him whenever he came in to him and treat him with reverence. Then he dismissed him and gave him vast sums.