Tarikh-i Daʾudi 3.1.3

3.1.3

It is also related of this prince, that before his accession, when a crowd of Hindus had assembled in immense numbers at Kurkhet, he wished to go to Thánesar for the purpose of putting them all to death. One of his courtiers represented to him that it would be better to consult the learned before doing this; Sultán Sikandar caused the doctors to assemble, and questioned the chief of them, whose name was Mián 'Abdu-lla, of Ajodhan. This Maliku-l 'Ulama asked the King what there was in that place (Thánesar). He replied, "There is a tank in which all the infidels are accustomed to bathe." The Maliku-l 'Ulama said, "Since when have they been in the habit of doing so?" Nizám Khán replied that it was an ancient custom. Mián 'Abdu-lla asked what the Muhammadan sovereigns who had preceded him had been in the habit of doing. The Sultán answered, that up to his time they had left the Hindus unmolested. The Maliku-l 'Ulama then assured the King that it would be very improper for him to destroy an ancient idol-temple, and that he ought not to forbid the accustomed rite of performing their ablutions in the tank. When this conversation had lasted a short time, the Sultán placed his hand on his dagger, and exclaimed, "You side with the infidels.