تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.35.3

13.35.3

The Sultan had ordered that the food there should be twelve maunds of flour each day and the same of meat. I considered that too little, while the grain he had ordered was plentiful, so I spent thirty-five maunds of flour each day and the same of meat, together with the accompanying sugar, sugar-candy, ghee and betel. I fed those on the establishment and others, whoever came and went. The scarcity was severe, so people found relief in this food and its good report spread.