[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 2.2.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 2.2.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 2.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.3) ’Alái marched with his band over Basáwar to Khawáçpúr, converting and preaching on the way, but on account of some obstacles they all returned to Biánah. Shaikh ’Alái’s fame at last reached the ear of Islám Sháh, who summoned him to Ágrah; and although the king was resolved to put him to death as a dangerous demagogue, and was even offended at the rude way in which ’Alái behaved in his presence, he was so charmed by an impromptu address which ’Alái delivered on the vanities of the world and the pharisaism of the learned, that he sent cooked provisions to ’Alái’s men. To the amusement of the Afghan nobles and generals at court, ’Alái on another occasion defeated the learned on questions connected with the advent of Mahdi, and Islám Sháh was day after day informed that another of his nobles had gone to ’Alái’s meetings and had joined the new sect. It was at this time that Shaikh Mubárak also became a ‘disciple,’ and professed Mahdawi ideas. It is not clear whether he joined the sect from religious or from political motives, inasmuch as one of the objects of the brethren was to break up the party of the learned at Court, at whose head Makhdúm ul Mulk stood; but whatever may have been his reason, the result was, that Makhdúm became his inveterate enemy, deprived him of grants of land, made him flee for his life, and persecuted him for more than twenty years, till Mubárak’s sons turned the tables on him and procured his banishment. - [Previous: 2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.2) - [Next: 2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.4) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.2.2.3) · Pramāṇa