[74] Abul Fazl’s Akbar Námah in Elliot, VI. 15; Briggs’ Farishtah, II. 80–81. [↑]
[75] Abul Fazl’s Akbar Námah in Elliot, VI. 18. According to Farishtah (Pers. Text, II. 532) Mallu, the son of Mallu, was a native of Málwa and a Khilji slave noble. Mallu received his title of Kádir Sháh from Sultán Mehmúd III. of Gujarát (a.d. 1536–1544) at the recommendation of his minister Imád-ul-Mulk who was a great friend of Mallu. Mirăt-i-Sikandari, Persian Text, 298. [↑]
[76] Farishtah Pers. Text, II. 532. [↑]
[77] Tárikh-i-Sher Sháh in Elliot, IV. 391; Briggs’ Farishtah, IV. 271–72. [↑]
[78] Farishtah (Pers. Text, 533–34) refers to the following circumstance as the cause of Kádir Sháh’s suspicion. On his way to Sher Sháh’s darbár at Ujjain Kádir saw some Mughal prisoners in chains making a road. One of the prisoners seeing him began to sing:
Mará mí bín darín ahwál o fikrí khíshtan mí kun!
In this plight thou seest me to-day,
Thine own turn is not far away.
When Kádir Sháh escaped, Sher Sháh on hearing of his flight exclaimed:
Bá má chi kard dídí