Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 77.11

77.11

The Mowlana replied, "Your Majesty must surely be in jest: it is the height of hypocrisy to invade the territories of true believers, to lay waste their country and houses, and to rob them of their property, and then to pretend punctilio on the trifling points of the law, as regard dress and diet." Sooltan Mahmood, it is said, acknowledged the justice of the rebuke, and shed tears, but observed, that kingdoms could not exist without recourse to many actions apparently inconsistent. After the retreat of the King of Malwa, Nizam Shah despatched ambassadors to Mahmood Shah of Guzerat, with valuable presents, returning many thanks for the friendly part he had acted. Mahmood Shah returned to Guzerat, and Nizam Shah to the capital of Ahmudabad Bidur. The King of Malwa invaded the Deccan in the following year, and advanced as far as Dowlutabad; but was again obliged to retreat, owing to the timely assistance afforded by the King of Guzerat a second time.