Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.1.4

78.1.4

“Having torn off the binding of the Qur’an, And made its leather into a kettledrum, It is very clear from this, that he is An enemy of the Prophet.” All that had been the talk, with respect to the cruelty, insolence, and severity of Pir Muhammad Khan was shown to be only too true. And that, which former generations have said, was verified, viz., He who seeks learning in scholastic theology, is an infidel: and the Doctors of scholastic theology are infidels, to whatever sect they belong; we flee to God for refuge—from a knowledge which doth not profit, from prayer that is not heard, from a heart that is not humble, and a belly that is not satisfied. Adham Khan sent the whole account of the victory to the Court, with some elephants under the escort of Sadiq Muhammad Khan. But most of the elephants, and of the ladies of the haram, and the dancing-girls, and nautch-girls, belonging to Baz Bahadur, and all his precious things he kept for himself. On this account the Emperor on the 1st of Sha'ban in the year nine hundred and sixty-eight (968) set out from Agra, and came to Sarangpur, and having taken possession of the spoil, and arranged the affairs of that state, on the 29th of Ramzan he came back to the foot of the throne.