History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.27

c6.27

¹⁷ Hājji-ad-Dabīr writes that when Tughluq was governor of Dipalpur he went one day to Baba Farid Ganj Shakar of Ajodhan (584—670 A.H.=1191—1271 A.D.)., A piece of cloth was placed before him. He tore off 4½ yards from it and gave it to Ghazi, 27 yards to his son Muhammad and 40 yards to Firuz and told them that they would attain to royalty in the future. The length of the piece given to each represented the duration of the reign. Now the Shaikh cannot have been living in the time of ‘Ala-al-Din for he died in 1271 A. D. Besides if the tradition were accepted Firuz would be eighty years of age at the time of his accession to the throne which is absurd. The incident to which the tradition refers seems to be chronologically impossible.