History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c26.s1.18

c26.s1.18

*Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi* has greatly suffered at the hands of its transcriptors. Certain passages of the book are altogether incomprehensible. It is possible that at some places Barani could not dare write true facts with impunity just as in the passage about the death of Ghiyās̤uddīn Tughlaq, but at other places where he could never be suspected of suppressing truth, as for example in the description of the salary of soldiers in the time of 'Alāuddīn,¹¹ or the increase of land revenue by Muhammad Tughlaq, the fault probably lay with later copyists.