Preface, p. 1—Book I., in three Chapters: Chapter I., The Kings of Dehlí, p. 10; II., The Kings of Jaunpúr, p. 183; III., The Kings of Málwá, p. 193—Book II., in two Chapters: Chapter I., The Kings of Gujarát, p. 225; II., The Kings of Khándesh, p. 262—Book III., in one Chapter, The Kings of Bengal, p. 276—Book IV., in five Chapters: Chapter I., The Báhmaní Sultáns, p. 283; II., The Kings of Bíjápúr, p. 330; III., The Kings of Ahmadnagar, p. 382; IV., The Kings of Haidarábád, p. 417; V., The Baríd-sháhí Dynasty, p. 432— Book V., in two Chapters: Chapter I., The Jáms of Sindh, p. 436; II., The Kings of Multán, p. 440—Book VI., in one Chapter, The Kings of Kashmír, p. 449—Book VII., in one Chapter, The Saints and other Holy Personages of Hindústán, p. 469.
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This history is not common in India. I only know two copies, of which the best is in the possession of the Rája of Tirna, in Central Doáb.
The narrators of ancient history, after much investigation, have related with great exactness and precision that there was a person by name Hasan, who lived in a state of extreme indigence, and was a servant of one Gángú, a Brahmin, who held some rank and honour in the Court of Sultán Muhammad Tughlik, King of Dehlí. This astrologer possessed a small piece of land, which the King had granted to him for his maintenance, and he employed Hasan to till it. One day, as Hasan was driving the plough, he saw a hole in the ground, and on examining it, he discovered there a jar full of gold mohurs. He covered it with earth in the same manner as he found it, and informed Gángú of it. Gángú took Hasan to the King, and represented the matter to him. The Sultán praised Hasan for his honesty, admitted him among the commanders of a hundred,* and took him into his favour. Gradually his rank increased to such a degree, that he was appointed, above all the Mughal mercenaries, Governor of Kulbarga* and its vicinity. Gángú the astrologer, his old master, on examining his horoscope, found signs of his becoming a King, and received a promise from him that, in the days of his sovereignty, he would assume the name of Gángú as part of his royal title.
Sultán Muhammad Tughlik, being a very cruel prince, put the amírs of Sind, Dakhin, and Gujarát to death. But the Almighty God saved Hasan from destruction. The Sultán having invested him with the title of Zafar Khán, and conferred on him Bhakkar, which was one of the dependencies of Bhakhrí, in jágír, went to Gujarát, and thence turned his course towards Thatta, where the army of death attacked him, and sent him to the world of nonentity.