History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c17.s2.21

c17.s2.21

Except for the traders themselves, the people of Delhi at least benefitted by these regulations. Prices were rendered cheap and stable. In times of scarcity there was no danger of famine in the capital city. The terrible famines of the time of Sultan Jalāluddīn and Muhammad Tughlāq are not heard of in the reign of 'Alāuddīn, because the capital at least was never short of food; and if famine occurred in some isolated or distant part of the country it surely escaped the notice of the contemporary chronicler.