He is one of the spiritual successors of Shaikh Muḥammad Ghau.* Early in his career he acquired perfection (in learning), but later he no longer allowed such matters to burden his memory and gave himself up wholly to the delight of listening to the chants of mystics, and to fits of religious ecstasy. His majesty the emperor has a very high opinion of him. On the whole there was less of striving after appearances among the spiritual successors of Shaikh Muḥammad Ghau than among those of Shaikh Salīm,* though each sect decried and sought to ruin the other; and now the words of ‘Alī, the leader of the faithful (may God be graciously pleased with him!), which he spoke on hearing the blessed verse, “The Jews say, ‘the Chris­tians are grounded on nothing,’ and the Christians say, ‘the Jews are grounded on nothing!”* are applicable to both parties. ‘Alī said, on hearing this verse, “We believe it.” Praise be to God, no trace of either sect remains.