History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c16.s2.4

c16.s2.4

Prostitution was also stopped and all professional women of the city were compelled to marry within a prescribed period of time.¹⁵ This stopping of the immoral trade was one of the most important steps of Sultan 'Alāuddīn, as it preserved public morals. Similarly the sultan also put down adultery by enforcing a regulation according to which the adultress was stoned to death and the adulterer was castrated.¹⁶