The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c14.81

v4.c14.81

He appointed as his minister Shamsher Khān, a younger brother of the murdered Khavāss Khān, and as his *vakīl*, or deputy minister, Daulat Khān, a Hindu converted to Islam, but confided in and chiefly depended upon Hīmū, a Hindu of the Dhūnsar caste. This man had originally sold salt in the streets of Rewārī, and, having been appointed weighman in the market, had come under the notice of Islām Shāh, who had received him at his court and employed him in a confidential capacity. At the court of ‘Ādil Shāh he gradually acquired great influence, and, though a Hindu of a non-fighting race, proved, like the barber of Tilak, who commanded the Indian cavalry of Mas‘ūd of Ghaznī, that he possessed both military and administrative ability.