Muntakhab al-tawarikh 149: XXX. SHAIKH MUBARAK OF ALWAR.

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Salim Shah used to call him Shah Mubarak, and used to place his shoes before his feet. The Shaikh generally claimed to be a Sayyid, and was in great repute among the Afghans, thus when their power was on the wane and they were fleeing before the Mughuls some of the Afghans seized Shaikh Islam of Fathpur suspecting him of being a wealthy man, and, having confined him in a strange manner, carried him off to the fort of Rantambhor. Shaikh Mubarak went thither from Alwar by way of Basawar, and was the means of Shaikh Islam's liberation. Shaikh Mubarak twice attained the honour of performing a pilgrimage to the glorious Ka'bah. the whole of the Qur’an was read, and was journeying to Fathpur by way of Alwar, I was again honoured by an interview with the Shaikh. He had, in truth, reached perfection and was most liberal and open-handed. It is now reported that he has recently, at the age of ninety years, bidden farewell to this transitory world.