تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.65.1

13.65.1

This Sultan Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥasan is one of the best and greatest of sultans. He is under the authority of an infidel sultan called Harīb, whom we shall mention. Sultan Jamāl al-Dīn is assiduous in praying in congregation. His custom is to come to the mosque before daybreak and recite from the Qurʾān until dawn breaks, then pray at the beginning of the time, then ride out of the city; he comes back in the forenoon, goes first to the mosque and prays some rakʿas there, then enters his palace. He fasts the White Days, and during my stay with him he used to invite me to break the fast