تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.45.11

13.45.11

Then we travelled from Bayāna and reached the city of Kūl — its name is spelt with u on the k — a fine city with orchards, most of whose trees are mango. We camped outside it on a wide plain. There we met the pious, devout shaykh Shams al-Dīn, known as Ibn Tāj al-ʿĀrifīn, who was blind and very aged. Afterwards the Sultan imprisoned him and he died in prison; we have already told his story.