Tarikh-i Daʾudi 3.1.2

3.1.2

Mubárak Khán said : "O man who fearest not God, what are you doing! Shaikh Hasan has suffered no damage or injury from the fire; tremble, lest you yourself should!" The Sultán said, "He calls himself my admirer!"" Mubárak Khán answered: "You ought to be thankful for his doing so, and that you are pleasing in the sight of so holy a man: if you would obtain felicity in this world and the next, obey him." Prince Nizám Khán then withdrew his hand from the Shaikh's neck; and every one saw that, notwithstanding the dreadful heat of the fire, neither the face nor hair of the Shaikh had been injured. In spite of all this, the Sultán ordered the Shaikh to be chained, neck and foot, and cast into a dungeon. This was also done; and a week afterwards they informed Sultán Sikandar, that Shaikh Hasan was dancing in the bázár; he ordered him to be seized and brought before him. When he came into the presence, the Sultán said to him: "You call yourself my admirer; why have you escaped from the captivity in which I placed you?" Shaikh Hasan answered: — "I did not do so of my own accord; my grandfather, Shaikh Abú Lálá, led me forth by the hand." The Sultán ordered the room in which the Shaikh had been confined to be inspected; the door was opened, and the chains found lying on the ground; and the Shaikh had, nevertheless, been found dancing in the bázár! Thenceforth the Sultán did not treat the Shaikh with disrespect.