73 protesters led by Bibi Fatima and they all marched to the High Court. In spite of all this, the governor ordered that Turan Shah be burnt in public. In mid-1608, he was chained and taken out to the streets to be humiliated in a way that had never been done before to a man of his status. Bibi Fatima dragged her children among the crowds with one hand and raised a copy of the Qur’an with the other. She looked up at the sky and prayed: “O, Lord, I amBibi Fatima, the granddaughter of your Prophet … O, Lord, I ask you in the name of your holy Prophet to shake the ground under their feet, and destroy their armies.” Turan Shah was brought in his chains to stand on the scaffold prepared for his execution. They started arranging the firewood round him. He began to scream and shout, tensing his arms and legs trying to break free. His wife, Bibi Fatima, and their small children
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