In the city of Delhi there lived two ghee(clarified butter) merchants Dhannamal and Karodimal. Business was very good and they both had their shops close to each other. One day Dhannamal needed five hundred gold coins. He borrowed them from Karodimal promising him to repay it in a week.

A week passed, but Dhannamal did not repay the gold coins back. He was now avoiding Karodimal. Another week passed and one day Karodimal asked Dhannamal for his money back. “What money, I never borrowed any five hundred gold coins from anyone.” said Dhannamal. The two began to quarrel and finally Karodimal went to the court of Akbar for justice.