[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Bengal, Orissa and the North-East](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east) › [Riyāẓ al-salāṭīn](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin) › [The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam) › 53.3 # Riyaz al-salatin 53.3 The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 53.3 - **Language:** English ### [53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.53.3) Rajah Kans, on hearing this news, was confounded, and hastened to wait on the Saint Qutbu-l-'Alam. Showing submissiveness and humility, and weeping, the Rajah said : "Pray, draw the pen of forgiveness across the page of the offences of this sinner, and dissuade Sultan Ibrahim from subjugating this country." The Saint replied : "In order to intercede on behalf of an oppressive infidel, I cannot stand in the way of a Musalman sovereign, especially of one who has come out at my desire and request." In despair, Kans prostrated his head on the feet of the Saint, and added, "Whatever the Saint may bid, I am willing to submit thereto." The Saint said : "So long as thou dost not embrace the Musalman religion, I cannot intercede for thee." Kans assented to this condition, but his wife casting that misguided man into the well of misguidance, prevented his conversion to Islam. At length, Kans brought to the presence of the Saint his son named Jadu who was twelve years old, and said : "I have become old, and desire to retire from the world. You may convert to Islam this son of mine, and then bestow on him the kingdom of Bengal." The saint Qutbu-l-'Alam taking out from his own mouth some chewed betel, put it into Jadu's mouth, and making him pronounce the creed of the Musalman faith, converted him to Islam, and naming him Jalalu-d-din, had the fact proclaimed in the city, and caused the Khutba of the kingdom to be recited after his name. - [Previous: 53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.53.2) - [Next: 53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.53.4) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.53) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.53.3) · Pramāṇa