تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.26.2

13.26.2

When my turn came I went in and found the Sultan seated on a chair. I took him for one of the chamberlains until I saw with him the Malik al-Nudamāʾ Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Kāfī al-Harawī, whom I had come to know during the Sultan's absence. The chamberlain made obeisance and I made obeisance; then the Amīr Ḥājib, the Sultan's cousin named Fīrūz, received me, and I made obeisance a second time following his obeisance. Then the Malik al-Nudamāʾ said to me: "Bismillāh, Mawlānā Badr al-Dīn" — in the land of Hind they called me Badr al-Dīn, and everyone who belongs to the people of learning is called simply Mawlānā. I drew near the Sultan until he took my hand and shook it, and he kept hold of my hand and began speaking to me in the kindest way, saying to me in the