Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s1.115

c7.s1.115

The army of Hindustan had failed, but it had fought bravely against a force at least twice as large in numbers. Tīmūr does not fail to give it due praise, and the praise from the enemy is the greatest compliment. "The soldiers of Sultan Mahmūd and Mallū Khan," says he, "showed no lack of courage. On the contrary they bore themselves manfully in the fight, but they could not withstand the successive assaults of my soldiers."\'101