Muntakhab al-tawarikh 79.7.3

79.7.3

At this time the Emperor sent Shaikh Jamal Bakhtyar, to bring Shaikh Qutb-ud-din of Jalesar, who was a majzub and intoxicated with the Divine Love. When Qutb-ud-din came, the Emperor brought him to a conference with some Christian priests, and philosophers, and great law authorities of the age. After a discussion the Shaikh exclaimed, “Let us make a great fire, and in the presence of His Majesty we will pass through it, and whichever gets safely through it, will prove thereby the truth of his religion.” The fire was made. The Shaikh pulled one of the Christian priests by the coat, and said to him, “Come on, in the name of God!” But none of the priests had the courage to go. Soon after the Shaikh was sent into exile to Bakkar, together with other fakirs, as the Emperor was jealous of his triumph. There he died. A large number of Shaikhs and Faqirs were also sent to other places, mostly to Qandahar, where they were exchanged for horses. About the same time the Emperor captured a sect of Shaikhs, who called themselves ‘Disciples,’ but were generally known as ‘Ilahis.’ They used to utter all sorts of foul lies and nonsense. His Majesty asked them whether they repented of their vanities. They replied, “Repentance is our maid-servant.” And so they had invented similar names for the laws and religious commands of the Islám, and for the Fast. At His Majesty’s command they were sent to Bakkar and Qandahár, and were given to merchants in exchange for Turkish colts.