History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c7.s3.2

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²² It is useless to speculate upon the nature of the religion 'Alāuddīn had in mind. Probably the Sultan himself did not think about it beyond his expressions of a wish to introduce a religion. He wanted to do something which would immortalize his name as the Prophet's had been. Beyond this wish, however, 'Alāuddīn had neither the determination nor the intuition to found a religion. But the people in general were apprehensive of his inordinate ambition, and knowing that he had repeatedly expressed a wish to found a new religion they believed that that new religion must be quite different from the Muhammadan faith, and that its enforcement would entail slaughter of a large number of Musalmans. *Barani* pp. 262-64.