Muntakhab al-tawarikh 104.5

104.5

He replied, “Between us and the heart lie a thousand stages, Why do you ask about this matter? Say something on ethics.” Afterwards, a propos of the mention of Mir Sayyid Muhammad of Jaunpur (may God sanctify his soul!) he brought forward an old Mughal and asked him to say what he knew of the Sayyid. He said, “At the time of the death of the holy Mir Sayyid Muhammad of Jaunpur I was present in Farah, when he withdrew his claim to being the Mahdi, and said, “I am not the promised Mahdi!” God knows (the truth). In the meantime Mahmud Khan said softly “Miyan ‘Abdu-’llah did wonderfully well in sending the unfortunate Shaikh ‘Ala’i to his death, while he himself retraced his steps.” Miyan ‘Abdu-’llah removed the baggage (of existence) from this borrowed lodging to the neighbourhood of Divine Providence (may his dignity be honoured!) at the age of 90, in the year H. 1000 (A.D. 1591-2). May God grant him a dwelling in the highest heaven!