South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c15.s5.5

c15.s5.5

When Ghiyath-eddin (Ghiyazu-d-din) entered Madura, he found his mother, his wife and son a prey to the disease. He remained three days in the town, then he went to a river, one parasang away, on the shore of which stands an infidel temple. I went to see him on a Thursday, and he ordered me to stay with the Khadi (Kazi). When tents had been pitched for me, I saw people hurrying along, pushing one against the other. One of them said, ‘the Sultan is dead;’ the other was sure that it was his son that was dead. We found out the truth and knew that the son was dead. He was the Sultan’s only son; his death was one of the causes that made the father’s malady worse and killed him. The following Thursday the Sultan's mother died.