History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c19.4

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¹ Ziyāuddīn states that the sultan was utterly devoid of any education and could neither read nor write (Baranī p. 262). Ferishtah’s assertion that in his later years he himself used to read the reports of the secret agents, is open to doubt, for the sultan could have got them read out by some one instead of personally perusing them.