The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.274
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.274
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The historians of India attribute to 'Alā-ud-dīn the introduction of the barbarous practice of visiting the sins of rebels on the heads of their innocent wives and children; but the accusation is not strictly just, for there are instances of the practice before his time. It was he, however, who first elevated it into a political principle.