A History of Agriculture in India v2.c58.s1.7

v2.c58.s1.7

After a long stay during which he was sustained by gifts of money given by the Wazir and the Queen mother he had an audience with the Sultan, who gave orders to assign him the villages of Badali, Basahi and half of Balara, which yielded a total revenue of 5,000 dinars a year. In A.D. 1334 he had another audience with the Sultan. Every time the Sultan said an encouraging word to him, he kissed his hand. He recalls that he kissed it seven times. He was given a gold embroidered robe of honour by the Sultan. In addition to the three villages he had, he was given the villages of Jawza and Malikpur. In all, he received a revenue of 12,000 dinars a year from these villages. Eventually he was appointed qadi of the royal city of Delhi.