History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c14.s1.9

c14.s1.9

Another work which throws light upon certain aspects of the reigns of the first two Tughluq Sultans and which furnishes us with an account of Zia Barani is the *Matlūb-al-Tālibīn*, a biography of Shaikh Nizam-al-Din Aulia, composed in 1111 A.H., *i.e.*, 1689 A.D. by Muhammad Bulāq who describes himself as a nephew of the Shaikh. He says he has based his account on the *Tarikh-i-Hindi*, the *Hasratnāmah*, the *Chishtiyah Bihishtiyah*. Hazrat Sayyid Jalal Makhdūm’s writings, the *Rāhat-al-Muhabbin*, the *Fawāyad-al-fawād*, and the *Sair-al-Aulia* by Sayyid Muhammad Kirmānī and several other works. Being a descendant of the Shaikh, he has nothing but admiration for him, but his detailed account is full of interesting information about the social and religious life of the time. He tells us much about the disciples of the Shaikh who played an important part in the affairs of the empire of Dihli under the Tughluqs and helps us to solve the problem of the death of Sultan Ghiyās-al-Din Tughluq.