The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c14.14

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¹ Fakhre Mudir: *Adabul Harb*, f. 36 & 53b. In the 13th century however, the *wazir* was overshadowed by other officers and generally was anything but the highest executive officer. Under the later Tughluqs he rose in power and really became the prime minister when he personally looked after the equippment of troops and even held reviews; Afif; *Tarikh-i-Firozshahi*, 193, 442. Such assumption of interfering authority in other departments must be ruled out under the Memelukes; even his jurisdiction over the military accounts was put an end to by Balban, as will be noticed hereafter. Cf. Qureshi: p. 78-79.