History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c7.s3.1

c7.s3.1

Intoxicated with all these incentives to pride 'Alāuddīn thought of the most extraordinary and fantastic schemes and began to "conceive of impossibilities and absurdities." One of his plans was to found a new religion, so that like the Prophet his name also might be carried down to posterity. Prophet Muḥammad had, the Sultan would argue with his boon companions, four comrades Abu Bakr, 'Umar, Usmān and 'Alī, and so had he, four equally brave and loyal generals—Alp Khān, Nuṣrat Khān, Ulugh Khān and Ẓafar Khān. He could, with the force of his arms, and those of his daring and faithful servants, establish a religion which would continue to flourish long after he had passed away from the land of the living.²²