Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.7.3

61.7.3

Makhdumu-l-Mulk had fully persuaded Islem Shah that Shaikh ‘Ala’i was a revolutionary who laid claim to being the Mahdi, and that the Mahdi himself would be king of the whole world: consequently as he presumed to revolt he was deserving of death. ‘Isa Khan Hajjab who held a very confidential post, and the other Amirs, when they saw Shaikh ‘Ala’i in this displeasing attire, with ragged clothes and worn out shoes said to Islem Shah: “This fellow, in this condition and with this miserable appearance, wishes to take away the kingdom from us: does he imagine that we Afghans are all corpses?”