تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.34.6

13.34.6

He said to the vizier, "Panjāh hazār," which means fifty thousand; then he said, "You must have a hundred [thousand] of grain," meaning: give him a hundred thousand maunds of produce, that is wheat and rice, to spend this year until the mausoleum's harvest comes in — the maund being twenty Maghribi raṭls. Then he said to me, "And what else?" I said, "My companions were imprisoned on account of the villages you gave me, for which I received others in exchange; the officials of the dīwān demanded what I had received from them, or else production of an order of Khwand ʿĀlam that this be remitted from me." He said, "How much did you receive from them?" I said, "Five thousand dinars." He said, "It is a gift to you." I said to him, "And my house, which you ordered for me, is in need of building." He said to the vizier, "ʿImārat kunīd," meaning: rebuild it. Then he said to me, "Dīgar namānd?" — meaning, "Is there anything left for you to say?" — and I said to him, "No." He said to me, "Waṣiyyat-i dīgar hast," meaning, "I advise you not to take on debt, lest you be pressed and find no one to bring news of you to me. Spend according to what I have given you. God Most High has said: 'Do not keep your hand chained to your neck, nor stretch it out to its full extent,' and 'Eat and drink, but do not be extravagant,' and 'those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but keep between the two.'" I wanted to kiss his foot, but he prevented me and held my head with his hand; so I kissed it and withdrew.