[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate) › [Wāqiʿāt-i Mushtāqī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.waqiat-i-mushtaqi) › [Waki'at-i Mushtaki (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.waqiat-i-mushtaqi~en-elliot) › 11.5 # The Events of Mushtāqī 11.5 Wáki'át-i Mushtákí (extracts) 11.5 - **Language:** English ### [11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.waqiat-i-mushtaqi~en-elliot.11.5) why have you brought him here?" The Shaikh replied that the man was not worthy that His Majesty should go to him. "Let him be what he is," said the King, "but the present which he has brought is such that I should go on my head." The Shaikh observed that His Majesty would act according to his goodness, but that, as a servant of his Court, he was afraid he should be blamed by the ministers of the age for taking his Sovereign to the house of an unworthy person. The King told him not to consider the outward appearance, but to have regard to what concerned religion and the soul. At last the Shaikh decided that the man should be in the jami' masjid on Friday, and that His Majesty might take the present from him there. This was approved of by the King, and on Friday the man came. The Shaikh, when the prayers were over, reminded the King, who ordered him to tell the man to ascend the pulpit. When he did so, the King spread out the lower part of his garment, and the man cast down the grains. - [Previous: 11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.waqiat-i-mushtaqi~en-elliot.11.4) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.waqiat-i-mushtaqi~en-elliot.11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.waqiat-i-mushtaqi~en-elliot.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.waqiat-i-mushtaqi~en-elliot.11.5) · Pramāṇa