Twilight of the Sultanate c15.s1.8

c15.s1.8

Sultan Ibrāhīm was gradually acquiring a correct appreciation of the situation. Sovereignty had been divided not because two sons of the same mother had equal rights and should have ruled jointly, but because such an arrangement was to give the nobles a chance to play the one against the other. The nobles had assumed too much power. They had put the crown into commission. The cunning and selfishness of the old, strong and veteran noblemen of Sikandar was now unfolding itself before his eyes. The king must not be made a tool in their hands, he thought. He decided to crush them. Ibrāhīm's mind was made up. In days to come Ibrāhīm Lodī waged a relentless war on the senior nobility. In court and in camp he showed them their place. He fought them at the cost of his life and his Empire. But he did fight them.