74 and the people around them were screaming and cursing, but the soldiers kept piling up the firewood until it came up to his waist. Then, he was set on fire, the flames were rising and Turan Shah would appear behind the fire one time and disappear another. The chains were then pulled out and Turan shah started turning to ashes. When the fire went out, and the ashes cooled down, the soldiers gathered the ashes in baskets and threw them into the sea. Thousands of people gathered there and remained while Bibi Fatima ran to the burnt platform and started collecting ashes in her scarf with her kids doing the same. At last, some women came forward and brought her down with her children and took her home where her mother, Sayyidatu-Nisa was drenched in tears. Bibi Fatima then looked around to find that her eldest seven-year old son, Muhammad Shah, had disappeared. She thought he might be out with the children playing. However, the night fell and the boy was nowhere to be found. A whole day passed, then another, but Muhammad Shah was gone. Bibi Fatima looked for him everywhere until she was told
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