History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c2.s1.19

c2.s1.19

At the capital Jalaluddin engaged himself in internal administration. He was so disinclined to cause pain that many times thieves and Thugs were seized and brought before him but he set them free on promise that they would not commit theft again. On one occasion more than a thousand Thugs were captured.²⁵ But in place of punishing them severely the king ordered that they should be carried in boats to Lakhnauti and be left there, lest they should continue to harass the countryside (of Delhi).²⁶