The Memoirs of Bābur 903.4.2

903.4.2

When the enemy, after taking possession of Andijān, heard of my arrival in Khujand, they martyred Khwāja-i-maulānā-i-qāẓī by hanging him, with dishonour, in the Gate of the citadel. [Sidenote: Fol. 54.] He had come to be known as Khwāja-maulānā-i-qāẓī but his own name was `Abdu'l-lāh. On his father's side, his line went back to Shaikh Burhānu'd-dīn `Alī _Qīlīch_, on his mother's to Sl. Aīlīk _Māẓī_. This family had come to be the Religious Guides (_muqtadā_) and pontiff (_Shaikhu'l-islām_) and Judge (_qāẓī_) in the Farghāna country.[417] He was a disciple of his Highness `Ubaidu'l-lāh (_Aḥrārī_) and from him had his upbringing. I have no doubt he was a saint (_walī_); what better witnesses to his sanctity than the fact that within a short time, no sign or trace remained of those active for his death? He was a wonderful man; it was not in him to be afraid; in no other man was seen such courage as his. This quality is a further witness to his sanctity. Other men, however bold, have anxieties and tremours; he had none. When they had killed him, they seized and plundered those connected with him, retainers and servants, tribesmen and followers.