History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.188

c6.188

1. After the death of Qutb-al-Din Mubarak Khilji Khusrau Khan sent two or three lakhs of *tankahs* to each of the Shaikhs Some accepted the amount; some refused it; others kept it on trust only to be returned when things were in a settled condition. Khusrau sent five lakhs to Nizam-al-Din Aulia, but the latter spent the whole amount in charity. After five months when Ghazi Malik became ruler, he demanded the money back from all those who had received it. Much severity was practised in realising this money. When the turn of Nizam-al-Din Aulia came, he sent a reply seemingly insolent, that the money belonged to the *Bait-al-mal* (public treasury) and therefore he had given it away to the poor. The Sultan said nothing, but he took umbrage at the Shaikh's answer. He did not approve of the Shaikh's acceptance of money from such an unclean infidel as Khusrau.