Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s3.12

c17.s3.12

The Sultans of the first half of the fifteenth century were comparatively poor both financially and in personal attainments. Their resources were limited. They could not live up to the standards of the fourteenth century kings. At least they could not indulge in criminal waste on such things as gold horse-shoes or gold bathtubs.²⁴ All the same they lived the normal life of luxury. Poets and musicians and dancers provided Mubārak Shāh Saiyyad and 'Alāuddīn 'Ālam Shāh with the usual recreation.²⁵ By the latter half of the fifteenth century much of the glory and prosperity seems to have returned as is clear from the description of the coronation Darbārs of Sikandar Lodī and Ibrāhīm Lodī.²⁶