History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c19.10

c19.10

A casual study of Barani's *Tarikh* would leave on the reader's mind the impression that ‘Alāuddīn was, if not irreligious, at least unreligious. But that is not true. Although he had not read the Qurān since he was not educated, and although it is also true that he was not punctilious about observing the fast of Ramzan or saying the daily prayers, and was probably the only sultan of Delhi who never went to the Friday prayers and did not permit religious considerations to interfere in state administration, yet he was a true Musalman. He had great faith in his religion and never permitted any irreligious thing to be said or heard.∗