تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.21.3

13.21.3

Let us return to our purpose and say: when we left the Sultan's palace, the vizier went out, and we with him, to the Bāb al-Ṣarf, which they call the Bāb al-Ḥaram, where al-Makhdūma Jahān resides. When we reached her gate we dismounted, each of us having brought a gift according to his means. The chief qāḍī of the mamlūks, Kamāl al-Dīn b. al-Burhān, entered with us. The vizier and the qāḍī made obeisance at her gate, and we made obeisance as they did. The secretary of her gate wrote down our gifts. Then a group of the eunuchs came out, and their senior ones went up to the vizier and spoke with him privately; then