History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c13.76

c13.76

A still more serious charge closely bound up with the charge of cruelty brought against the Sultan by Barani is that of irreligiousness. Barani denounces the Sultan's chief advisers who were instrumental in causing the death of Musalmans. He writes: 'The philosophers had so firmly planted their ideas in his mind that there was no room in it for the Holy Book and the sayings of the Prophets which are the pillars of Islam. He believed nothing that did not appeal to his reason. If Sultan Muhammad had not been influenced by the ideas of these philosophers and had faith in the sayings of the Prophets, he would have never committed such acts, possessed as he was of great qualities and accomplishments. So powerful was the hold of philosophical ideas on him that he cared nothing for the heavenly books. As a result of this, it became his habit to slay the true believers in God, among whom were the 'Ulama, mauvids, Sufis, Qalandars, scribes and men of the army. Not a day might pass when Muslims were not slain, and a stream of blood did not flow before the palace gate. All this was due to lack of faith in the knowledge contained in the revealed books.'⁴¹