The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.267

v3.c20.267

The new king, having gained the throne by an act of treachery and ingratitude seldom equalled even in oriental annals, conciliated the populace by a lavish distribution of his southern gold, but his example was infectious and attempts to follow it disturbed the early years of his reign. These and other causes, irruptions of the Mughuls and the necessity for subjugating the Hindu rulers of Rājputāna, Mālwa and Gujarāt protected the Deccan for a while from a second visitation, for the king of Delhi could not conduct war after the fashion of the desperate adventurer who had been ready to risk all on a single throw.