The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.262
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.262
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His lieutenant at Kara had succeeded, by means of false and temporising messages, in explaining to the satisfaction of the doting Fīrūz the absence of reports from his nephew. The king’s advisers were less credulous, but were unable to shake his confidence in ‘Alā-ud-dīn, whom he loved, he said, as a son.