Muntakhab al-tawarikh 180: LXII. Qazi Nizam of Badakhshan.

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He received the title of Qazi Khan, and was a native of Badakhshan, where his home was situated near a ruby-mine. In such branches of knowledge as are acquired by study he was the pupil of Maulana ‘Isamu-d-din Ibrahim, and also studied under Mulla Sa‘id. He had a great taste for and proficiency in Sufiistic studies, and in these, the way of truth, he was the disciple of the greatest of leaders, Shaikh Husain of Kh’arazm. In consequence of his close adherence to the esoteric school he has also acquired much respect among men of the world, and in Badakhshan was one of the nobles of the State. When he came to India he obtained unbounded honour, receiving first the title of Qazi Khan, and afterwards that of Ghazi Khan. He was eloquent and his delivery was pleasing. He was the author of some standard works, among which was a treatise on the proof of the word (of God) and an account of the religion of truth and verity. He also wrote marginal notes on the commentary on the dogmas of the faith, and numerous treatises on Sufi-ism. He passed away to the presence of God’s mercy at the age of seventy in the year H. 992 (A.D. 1584) in Awadh. He was the first person to suggest the performance of the ceremony of prostration before the emperor. Mulla ‘Alim of Kabul used to say regretfully, ‘Alas that I was not the inventor of this ordinance!’