تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.44.2

12.44.2

واتفق بعد ذلك أن أميرا من الأمراء خالف على السلطان ببعض الجهات وبايعه الناس فنقل للسلطان أنه وقع ذكر هذا الأمير بمجلس الشيخ شمس الدين فأثنى عليه وقال: إنه يصلح للملك، فبعث السلطان بعض الأمراء إلي الشيخ فقيده وقيد أولاده وقيد قاضي كول ومحتسبها لأنه ذكر انهما كانا حاضرين للمجلس الذي وقع فيه ثناء الشيخ على الأمير المخالف، وأمر بهم فسجنوا جميعا بعد أن سمل عيني القاضي وعيني المحتسب! ومات الشيخ بالسجن! وكان القاضي والمحتسب يخرجان مع بعض السجانين، فيسألان الناس، ثم يردان إلى السجن، وكان قد بلغ السلطان أن أولاد الشيخ كانوا يخالطون كفار الهنود وعصاتهم ويصحبونهم، فلما مات أبوهم أخرجهم من السجن، وقال لهم: لا تعود إلى ما كنتم تفعلون! فقالوا له: وما فعلنا؟ فاغتاظ من ذلك، وأمر بقتلهم جميعا! فقتلوا ثم استحضر القاضي المذكور، فقال: أخبرني بمن كان يرى رأى هؤلاء الذين قتلوا ويفعل مثل أفعالهم! فأملى أسماء رجال كثيرين من كبار البلد، فلما عرض ما أملاه على السلطان، قال: هذا يحب أن يخرب البلد! اضربوا عنقه! فضربت عنقه، رحمه الله تعالى .

It happened after that that one of the amīrs rebelled against the Sultan in a certain region and the people swore allegiance to him. It was reported to the Sultan that this amīr had been mentioned in Shaykh Shams al-Dīn's assembly and that he had praised him and said: "He is fit for kingship." So the Sultan sent one of the amīrs to the shaykh, who fettered him and fettered his sons, and fettered the qāḍī of Kūl and its muḥtasib, because it was said that the two of them had been present at the assembly in which the shaykh had praised the rebel amīr. He ordered them all imprisoned, after he had put out the eyes of the qāḍī and the eyes of the muḥtasib! The shaykh died in prison! The qāḍī and the muḥtasib used to go out with some of the jailers and beg from people, then be returned to prison. It had reached the Sultan that the shaykh's sons used to mix with the Hindu infidels and their rebels and keep company with them. When their father died, he brought them out of prison and said to them: "Do not go back to what you used to do!" They said to him: "And what did we do?" He was enraged at that and ordered them all killed! So they were killed. Then he summoned the said qāḍī and said: "Tell me who held the views of these men who have been killed and did as they did!" He dictated the names of many men from among the leading people of the town. When what he had dictated was presented to the Sultan, he said: "This man wants to ruin the town! Strike off his head!" So his head was struck off, may God Most High have mercy on him.