The History of Shēr Shāh (Tārīkh-i Shērshāhī) 3.21.3

3.21.3

After some days the widows of the chief men of Chanderi and others waited for Sher Shah by the road-side, and cried out to him. Sher Shah asked who they were, and ordered them to be brought to him. They said : " We have suffered from this inhuman and malignant infidel all kinds of tyranny and oppression. He has slain our husbands, and our daughters he has enslaved, and has made dancing-girls of them, and has seized our lands, and all our worldly goods, for a long time past. * * * If you do not give us justice, hereafter, in the day of resurrection, when the first and the last of all men shall be collected together, we will accuse you." As Sher Shah was a believing and just ruler, on hearing these zeal-stirring words of the oppressed, the tears dropped from his eyes, and he said : " Have patience, for I have brought him out by promises and oaths." They replied : " Consult with your 'Ulama, and act upon the decision they shall pronounce." When Sher Shah came back to his tent, he sent for all of the 'Ulama who accompanied his victorious army, and related one by one the inhuman deeds Puran Mal had committed with respect to the wives and families of the Musulmans, and asked them to give their decision. Amir Shaikh Rafi'u-d din and the other 'Ulama who accompanied the victorious army pronounced a decision for the death of Puran Mal.