"Friends with clear conscience and lofty souls are aware that Shamsuíd-Din arrived in Kashmir during the last days of winter. The first thing he did after arriving in the city was to occupy the house of Baba Ismaëil that stood at the foot of Koh-e-Maran. Here he offered prayers and recitations, and his family rested there. At this time, all parts of the region had been converted to daruíl-Islam (the place/land of peace) by the untiring and auspicious efforts of Sultan Sikandar Butshikan. But with the passage of time and because of being misled by the Satan(s) and Lucifer(s), the region had reverted to daruíl-harb (plac/land of fighting). People who had been admitted to Islamic faith as a result of efforts of the late Sultan (Sikandar), one and all turned away from allegiance and submission to the laws of Islam and set their foot once again in the valley of infidelity, darkness and aberration. Through the support of the Sultans (reference to Zainul ëAbidin) and co-operation of mischievous officials, polytheists, infidels and zandiqs were encouraged to such an extent that every part of Kashmir region flourished with idol houses. The foundations of Islamic tenets and the laws of Islam were fully smashed. Proselytizing, defiance and repudiation (of Islamic ways) had become widespread. At every step a stone was given the name of a deity. Idol houses were raised in every village and habitat. Along the passages and at every conspicuous place, idol temples were built. Something of this has already been said in an earlier chapter. Thus Mir Shamsuíd-Din had made a great effort in dmolishing these idol houses. He exhibited courage in spreading Islam and Islamic law (in Kashmir). Shamsuíd-Din Araki began his enterprise (of destroying temples) with the temple at Koh-i-Maran (Hari Parbat hillock). According to the Hindu astronomers of Kashmir, when the Sun enters the Pisces, it is called the day of spring. However, according to Islamic astronomers, this is the day of coming together of two stars (conjuction of Sun and Moon in Pisces)."