Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.4.3

79.4.3

But when the Emperor sent for Shaikh Muttahi Afghan Kasi from the Panjab, in obedience to his summons he came from the monastery on foot in company with the messengers, while they carried his litter behind him. At Fathpur he alighted at the house of Shaikh Jamal Bakhtyar, and sent word: “My eye has not rested on any blessed sign of the Emperor.” So the Emperor without granting him an audience sent him quickly about his business. Also Shaikh-ul-hadyah Khairabadi came to Court in accordance with a message from the Emperor, who received him standing with great respect. He had traversed the desert of Poverty with the foot of Trust and Solitude, and had not accepted any land from the Emperor. He was very intimate with the own son of Abu-l-Fath, with whom the Author at Samb’hal towards the end of the reign of Islam Shah, in accordance with the command of the famous Moulawi, the great Master Miyan Hatim, Sambhali (God have mercy on him!), read the Irshad-i Qazi, and the commentary thereon. He has now succeeded his father, and is the great authority on all knowledge and practice and Cufi-ism. When a question was asked Shaikh-ul-hadyah, he pointed to his ear and said: “I hear an exalted word!”, and the Emperor having excused him hastily dismissed him.