The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c16.15

c16.15

From the few recored instances, the provincial army however, seems to have been modelled organizationally on the king’s regular troops. It also consisted of a permanent centre corps and also of temporary recruits¹. The *muqti’s ariz* looked after its maintenance and pay and through the representative stationed at the capital, (the *naib-i-ariz*), presented the contingents². The permanently employed troops at the centre and in the provinces were probably known as the *wajhi*, (regulars) a term which, in any case is applied to them during the Tughluq period³.