Twilight of the Sultanate c12.s1.58

c12.s1.58

⁴⁷ Almost all chroniclers say that one day Bahlūl went to Samana with his two companions Qutb Khan and Fīrōz Khan. There they visited a Darwēsh by the name of Saiyyad Ibn Majzūb. The saint was known to be a Sāhib-i-Lafz; and it was believed that whatever passed his lips used to come out true. On seeing Bahlūl and his companions the holy man asked : "Who amongst you would like to buy the kingdom of Delhi for two thousand *tankas*?" Malik Bahlūl had only 1,300 *tankas* with him and placed the amount before the saint. The latter took the money and congratulated Bahlūl by saying, "May the Bādshāhī be auspicious to you". When they left the place, Bahlūl's companions laughed at him for his loss of money. Bahlūl quietly told them that if the prophecy came out to be true he had made a wonderful bargain, and if not, the service to a Darwēsh was not devoid of profit. Also T.D., 3-4. The name of the saint is uncertain. He is called Saiyyad Ibn by Nizāmuddīn and Ni‘āmatulla (T.A., I, 295; *Makhzan*, 40 (b)—41 (a); also M.R., I, 434), Shaida by Ferishta, I, 174, Fata by Ahmad Yādgār (T.S.A., 3) and Seid Ayen by Dorn, 43. According to a legend still current in Ludhiana, his name was Shaikh Sadr-i-Jahān or Sadruddīn, and he was a disciple of Shaikh Bhāuddīn Zakariya of Multan. The Nawabs of Maler Kotla claim direct descent from him and his mausoleum is shown in Maler. J.A.S.B., 1869, Pt. I, 92; I.G. XVII, 86; Hodivala, 491.