Riyaz al-salatin 53.6

53.6

" The saint said : " The drum of the virtues of Zahid shall resound till resurrection-day." In short, Rajah Kans extending more than before his oppressions and cruelties, gradually oppressed the servants and dependants of the saint himself, plundered their effects and chattels, imprisoned Shaikh Anwar and Shaikh Zahid. As he had heard the Saints' prophecy about Shaikh Zahid, not daring to kill him, he banished both to Sunargaon, and sent orders to his agents there, that after ascertaining from them the whereabouts of the hidden treasures of their fathers and grandfathers, they should slay both. And on the Shaikh's arrival at Sunargaon, they perpetrated many cruelties, yet not finding any clue to the hidden treasures which did not exist, first they murdered Shaikh Anwar, and when they attempted to take the life of Shaikh Zahid, the latter stated that in a certain village a large cauldron was hidden. When they dug it up, they found a large chatty, but did not find more than one gold coin in it. They enquired, " What has become of the rest ?" Zahid said : " Apparently some one has stolen it." And this affair was the outcome of a miracle. It is said that on the very day and at the very moment when Anwar was murdered at Sunargaon, and his sacred blood shed on the earth, Rajah Kans passed away from his sovereignty to hell. According to some accounts, his son, Jalalu-d-din, who was in prison leagued with his father's servants, and slew him.