تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.28.2

13.28.2

After that the Sultan used to summon us to eat in his presence, asking how we were and addressing us with the finest words. One day he said to us: "You have honoured us by your coming, and we cannot repay you. The eldest of you is in the place of my father, the middle-aged in the place of my brother, and the young in the place of my son. There is nothing in my kingdom greater than this city of mine — I give it to you!" We thanked him and prayed for him. Then after that he ordered stipends for us: he assigned me twelve thousand dinars a year, and added two villages to the three he had previously ordered for me, one being the village of Jawza and the other the village of Malik Būr.