Life of Ahmad — Page 458
GURU NANAK WAS A MUSLIM as 458 with the Nawab, into the Jami Masjid to pray; and, in the city, there is an outcry among the Hindus and Musalmans that Nanak has become a Turk (Muslim) today. ' (India Office MS, No. 2885, fol. 39). From the foregoing it is perfectly clear that the immediate successors of Nanak believed that he went very close to Muhammadanism; and we can scarcely doubt the accuracy of their view of the matter when we consider the almost contemporaneous character of the record from which extracts have been given, and the numerous confirmatory evidences contained in the religion itself… Nanak then proceeded to Panipat and was met by a certain Shaikh Tatihar, who accosted him with the Muhammadan greeting, "Peace be on thee, O Darvesh", (Salam Aleka Darves); to which Nanak immediately replied, "And upon you be peace, O servant of the Pir" (aleka us salamu, ho Pir ke dastapes)" India Office MS, No. 1728, fol. 48 (Here we find Nanak both receiving and giving the Muhammadan salutation, and also the acknowledgment that he was recognized as a darvesh (p. 586)… Nanak recommenced his missionary work, and is described as meeting a muhammadan named Miyan Mitha, who called upon him for the Kalimah or Muhammadan confession of faith (fol. 143); which leads to a long conversation, in which Nanak lays