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method, looking only to the increase of his people, and the pros¬ 
perity of his subjects, and to do justice and deal equitably, 
holding in honour men of learning, and of experience, and such as 
had done good service. Kliwajah Kliatir and Junaidi, chief of 
the Wazirs, and Khwajali Muhazzib Buzurg, who had formerly been 
of the councillors, but had some time ceased to be held in honour 
before the king, he again received into honour, giving to them 
robes, with salaries and presents, and appointing them to a higher 
rank in his presence. Of these men he enquired regarding such of 
the laws and ordinances of the kingdom as had proved to the peo¬ 
ple a cause of welfare, and whatever he saw good in the law, and such 
as might advance the prosperity of his subjects and the increase and 
happiness of his people, that he adopted. Also was he careful of 
himself to do nothing which should give offence, and ceased not to 
labour to restore the families which were fallen into decay, and to 
give life to such as had been well nigh uprooted. And because Sultan 
Ghiasuddin Tughluq Shall was faithful and not forgetful of service 
which had been rendered him, he rewarded according to their me¬ 
rits all such as had served him in the days when he was a Malik, 
or who at any other time had shewn themselves to be men of trust 
and truth. In his time the just claim of no man was forgotten, 
nor his desire unfulfilled. In all things likewise he strove to ob¬ 
serve moderation, which is the root of success and prosperity in the 
conduct of the affairs of a kingdom. Of himself only he took no 
heed, and did nothing merely with a view to the advancement of 
his own interest. Also was he careful to observe equity and mo¬ 
deration in the matter of his grants and his gifts, and the taxes 
which he imposed; not loading one man with thousands, and 
giving to another of the same rank, or of equal merit, nothing 
whatsoever; but being careful so far as it was possible to allow 
no man of worth to be neglected, or any unworthy man to be re¬ 
warded. Furthermore with him was there no caprice, nor were his 
actions ever such as to make the minds of men fearful and appre¬ 
hensive, for in all things he observed order and just rule. Upon 
Sultan Muhammad, in whom all men saw the marks of wisdom 
and of uprightness, he conferred the title of Ulugh Khan, to whom 
also he gave the royal Insignia, and named him his successor. Of 
