تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.33.1

12.33.1

The sultan was strict about the performance of the prayers, ordering that they be attended regularly in congregation and punishing their neglect most severely. In a single day he executed nine persons for neglecting them, one of whom was a singer. He used to send men appointed for this to the markets, and whoever was found there when the prayer was being held was punished, so that it went as far as punishing the sitāʾiriyyūn, who hold the servants' mounts at the door of the council hall, if they neglected