History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c16.s1.2

c16.s1.2

⁸ 'Iṣāmī gives an interesting story in connection with the prohibition. He says that one day when the Sultan was sitting with his boon companions like Malik Qīra Beg, Malik Qīrān and others, one of the nobles present there obediently told him how the people were suffering on account of the famine that year, while the king was making merry. The Sultan was greatly moved with this remark and from that day he gave up wine, prohibited it among other people and undertook various reforms. (Futūḥ pp. 305-7). The story seems to be nothing more than hearsay.