Twilight of the Sultanate c14.s6.11

c14.s6.11

Sikandar’s association with the learned had added to his piety and religious-mindedness. He said his prayers regularly, and after the afternoon prayer went into an assembly of the Mullas.¹³¹ Thereafter he read the Holy Quran. He took personal interest in deciding suits, helping the needy and making his subjects happy. It was his habit to keep awake till late in the night to look into the petitions of the needy and the aggrieved and to dictate *farmāns* to governors of provinces. He was truly brave.¹³² The way Sikandar Shāh treated his fallen brother Bārbak Shāh must have endeared him to all. He chid the Darwesh who had prophesied victory against his brother¹³³ and scolded Mubārak Khan Nūhānī for suggesting reprisals against Husain Shāh Sharqī.¹³⁴