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Hazrat. Divine Revelations and inspirations. For this reason he laboured under a misconception about his own status. He did not make this claim on purpose, nor with deceitful intentions. . Mujaddid and Mirza Mazhar Jan-i-Jaanaan also report to the same effect. . This is what the truthful scholars have said about it. But the Ulema (Mullas) girded up their loins to implicate. Sayyad Muhammad and based their allegations on his claim of being the Mahdi”. (Tazkera: p. 44-60: extracts) (3) HAZRAT SHEIKH 'ALAAEE (martyred 955 Hijra). The "Mahdi Movement” became very popular in Bengal through the untiring efforts of Sheikh 'Alaaee. Thousands of men joined the fold. In order to determine the validity and truth of these views a meeting of the Ulema was called, but they failed to arrive at any positive decision. All this happened during the reign of. Salim Shah and Makhdum-ul-Mulk. Mulla Abdullah of Sultanpur had a firm hold over the court. He decreed capital punishment for Sheikh 'Alaaee. The decree said that the sheikh should first be chastised and then beheaded". (Rod-i-Kauthar by Sh. M. . Ikram M. A. p. 26-29). According to the 'Muntakhib-ut-Tawaareekh', the Mulla. Makhdum-ul-Mulk gave the following verdict, "The accused claims to be a Mahdi and since Mahdi is going to be the ruler of all the world, this man is thinking of rebellion and is, therefore, liable to be killed". vol. 1: p. 400). The tenth century Hijra (1) HAZRAT AHMAD OF BIHAR. This sage also became another victim of the sadistic spirit of the bigoted Mullas. It was in the time of King Firoz Tughlaq that this venerable sage was martyred at Delhi on the allegations of blasphemous writings and his irreverant criticism of the innovated Islamic dogmas. (Aab-i-Kauthar: by Sh. M. Ikram: p. 498) (2) HAZRAT SUFI BAAYAZEED SARHADI (born 932 died 980. Hijra). Sufi Baayazeed of the Frontier Province is regarded as a great sage and a sufi of not a little fame. When he came to. Peshawar to propogate his views he was declared to be a rene32