Twilight of the Sultanate c12.s2.27

c12.s2.27

Hamīd had calculated wrongly. The Afghans had already spread out into the Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. They only needed to gain some more strength to become rulers of Hindustan. Bahlūl knew this, but he was also aware of the fact that because of their shifting loyalties and intriguing nature the Delhi nobility could not be depended upon. He therefore sent an appeal to his home country Roh, in eastern Afghanistan,⁷⁶ and invited his "brethren" to help him secure his position. He promised their leaders large jagirs and equal status, and the Afghans of Roh began their trek into Hindustan in ever larger numbers like "ants and locusts".