Twilight of the Sultanate c14.s6.2

c14.s6.2

As a king as well as a man, Sikandar Lodī has earned high praise at the hands of Muslim historians. According to them he was verging almost on the ideal.¹²⁴ He was averse to pomp and show and rebuked those who wasted money on ostentation.¹²⁵ To his sagacity were added a liberal, polite and charitable disposition. Every six months he got prepared a list of the indigent and the meritorious and allotted suitable allowances to each one of them.¹²⁶ Every winter he distributed clothes and shawls to the needy. Cooked and uncooked food was distributed at various places in the city every day.¹²⁷ On certain days like the 'Īd, Bārāwafāt, the anniversary of the Prophet's death, and in the month of Ramzān, charities were distributed and amnesty granted to certain classes of prisoners. Following the example of the King, the nobles also vied with one another in giving charities.¹²⁸