تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.8.3

12.8.3

Among their customs on the feast day is that everyone who holds a village granted to him brings gold dinars tied up in a cloth with his name written on it and throws them into a gold basin there, so that a great sum accumulates from them, which the Sultan gives to whomever he pleases. When the people have finished greeting, food is set before them according to their ranks.