Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s8.1

c17.s8.1

In the preceding pages an attempt has been made to look back and see how the various strata of society lived in the cities. As seen above, the main section of the population of the cities consisted of Government servants—high officials and nobles, civil service men and soldiers—their families, dependents and servants. Besides them, quite a large section of people were engaged in industries, trade and commerce.