The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.19

v3.c29.19

Ibrāhīm had imbibed the Sunni doctrines, and on his accession established that religion in place of the Shiah faith, dismissed the Foreign officers and troops to make way for the less efficient but more orthodox Deccanis and Africans, and struck a further blow at foreign influence in the state by substituting the vernacular languages, Canarese and Marāthī, for Persian as the official languages. This measure facilitated the employment of native Brāhmans in the administration and excluded foreigners.