تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.96.9

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After that we reached the city of Kunakār — the spelling of its name: with u after the first k, a after the n and the second k, and ending in r — which is the capital of the chief sultan of that country. It is built between two mountains on a large inlet called the Inlet of Rubies, because rubies are found in it. Outside this city is the mosque of Shaykh ʿUthmān of Shīrāz, known as Shāwush (with two sh's with a w with u between them). The sultan of this city and its people visit him and honour him. He used to be the guide to the Foot, but when his hand and foot were cut off, his sons and servants became the guides. The reason for his mutilation was that he had slaughtered a cow! The law of the Hindu infidels is that whoever slaughters a cow is slaughtered in the same way, or is put into its hide and burnt. Since Shaykh ʿUthmān was held in honour among them, they cut off his hand and foot and gave him the revenues of certain markets.