History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c13.26

c13.26

At the time when Malik Kāfūr was carrying fire and sword into the south, an embassy from the Ilkhan Sultan Aljaitu Khuda Banda of Persia reached the court of 'Alāuddīn. The message they brought from their suzerain was that the sultans of Delhi had always been on good terms with the Mughal Khaqans, Chaghtai and Oqtai. But it appeared strange that since the accession of Aljaitu, Sultan 'Alāuddīn had neither sent any congratulatory message nor any communication to cement old relations of friendship. It was time that the old friendship should be revived.¹⁷