 There are several anecdotes about Iltutmish's childhood interest in religious mysticism.According to a story narrated by Iltutmish himself in Minhaj's book, once a family member of the "Sadr-i Jahan" gave him some money and asked him to bring some grapes from the market.Iltutmish lost the money on the way to the market, and started crying fearing punishment from his master.