Mirza Aziz Koka, foster-brother and childhood playmate of Mughal emperor Akbar, praised Sher Shah Sur in a 1611's letter written to Emperor Jahangir as follow;
"Sher Shah Afghan, who was not a 'malak' (angel) but a 'malik' (king), established such a stable government that his memory is still alive. He turned Hindustan into a garden and the kings of Iran and Turan developed a desire to see it. Hazrat Arsh Asyani (Akbar Badshah) continued Sher Shah's regulations for fifty years without changing them". [Maktubat-i-Khan-i-Khanan wa Gwaliornama as quoted by Iqtidar Husain Sidiqqui]
It is a rare instance of high-ranking Mughal acknowledging the achievements of Sher Shah Sur. In the above letter Mirza Aziz Koka is expressing his respect for the Pashtun king by referring to him as 'Sher Shah' instead of 'Sher Khan' (Mughals viewed Sher Shah as a usurper and have always called him merely Sher Khan in their writings).
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