[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 104.2 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 104.2 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 104.2 - **Language:** English ### [104.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.104.2) In his dress and mode of life he was in no way distinguished from the common people, and contented himself with coarse raiment, distributing in charity whatever he received by way of alms. He received his religious instruction from Shaikh Muhammad Ghaus and followed his rule, although he had been the accredited disciple of another. He completed his studies with the Shaikh, drinking deeply and with relish of the fount of Sufiism. When Shaikh Muhammad Ghaus went from Hindustan to Gujarat, in the reign of Sultan Mahmud of Gujarat, Shaikh ‘Alī Mutaqqī, one of the greatest Shaikhs, most influential religious leaders and greatest sages of that time, wrote a fatwa, In company with the friends of Mir Sayyid Muhammad (may God sanctify his soul!) who had set up a claim to being the Mahdi and had travelled to Gujarat and the Dakhan, the Miyan at last adopted those opinions, and in the reign of Salim Shah, spent his time, in the manner already mentioned, in Biyana, in the corner of obscurity and retirement, living without pretensions and without ceremony, being, like ordinary men, free from encumbrances and attachments. And when Islam (Salim) Shah, as has been mentioned in the case of Shaikh ‘Ala’i of Biyana — may God have mercy upon him! - [Previous: 104.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.104.1) - [Next: 104.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.104.3) - [Up: 104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.104) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.104.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.104.2) · Pramāṇa