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Shihabuddin Jaunpuri, the chief of the learned of the age, who was allowed 
at court to sit on a silver chair. The Qazi represented the worldly and 
religious advantages that would flow from a war with the infidel on the 
one hand, and from a visit to the great saint, on the other. The king, 
therefore, collected a large army, invaded Bengal, and pitched his camp at 
Sarai Firuzpur. Rajah Kans now applied to Qutb ul ’Alam, begged to be 
forgiven, and asked him to intercede on his behalf with the king of Jaunpur. 
The saint replied that at the request of an infidel he could not bid a 
Muhammadan king stop ; in fact, he had himself invited the enemy to come. 
The Rajah placed his head on the feet of the saint, and said, he was willing 
to perform anything he ordered him to do, whereupon Qutb ul ’Alam told 
him that he would not interfere until he was converted to Islam. The 
Rajah placed the finger of acceptance upon his eye ; hut the wife of the 
infidel led him hack to perdition, and he evaded conversion. But he took 
his hoy, who was twelve years old and had the name of Jadu, to the saint 
and said, “ I have got old and wish to renounce the world; make this boy a 
Muhammadan and give him the kingdom of Bengal.” Qutb ul ’Alam, 
thereupon, put some pan which he was chewing, into Jadii’s^ mouth, 
taught him the creed, and thus made him a Muhammadan, giving him the 
name of Jalaluddin. According to the Rajah’s wish, he also sent a proclam¬ 
ation through the town, ordering the people to read the Friday prayer in the 
name of the new king. The blessed law of the prophet was thus carried out 
with new vigour. Qutb ul ’Alam now went to king Ibrahim, and asked 
him to return. The king looked angrily at Qazi Shihabuddin, who said to 
Qutb ul ’Alam, “ At your request the king has come here, and now you come 
to him as ambassador to implore his mercy. What shall men think of this ?” 
The saint replied, “ When I called you, a tyrant oppressed the faithful ; 
hut now, in consequence of your approach, the new ruler has become a 
Muhammadan ; fight with infidels, not with a king that belongs to the 
Faith.” This silenced the Qazi ; but as the king still looked angry, the 
Qazi had the boldness to enter into a scientific discussion with the saint. 
After many questions and answers, Qutb said, “ To look on the poor with 
contempt or entangle them in examinations, brings no man prosperity. Your 
miserable end is at hand.” He then looked even at the Sultan with 
expressions of anger. Ibrahim now got vexed, and returned with a sorry 
heart to Jaunpur. It is said that not long after, Sultan Ibrahim aud Qazi 
Sliihabuddin died. 
‘ When Rajali Kans heard that Sultan Ibrahim was dead, he deposed 
Jalaluddin, took again the reins of the government into his own hands, and 
ruled according to his false tenets. He made several hollow cows of gold, 
threw Jalal into the mouth of one, and pulled him out behind; the gold 
# As saints do with their pupils, or in order to break the boy’s caste. 
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