History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c11.31

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Killing a person by breaking his back-bone was a common practice among them. Of the prisoners of war the Mughals derived the greatest utility. The healthy prisoners were used for hard work and as screens to the invading divisions, while the women were captured as prize of war. Such was the horror inspired by their invasions in European countries that till the other day in some of the churches in eastern Europe the litany included "From the fury of the Mughals good lord deliver us".²⁴