Twilight of the Sultanate c7.s5.8

c7.s5.8

One cannot again be sure of Amīr Tīmūr's gains in terms of gold. The wealth that Mahmūd of Ghaznī had carried away from India had impressed all contemporary historians. Mahmūd himself was dazed by the booty he had collected. The wealth 'Alāuddīn Khaljī brought from the Deccan, again, had amazed the contemporary historians whose computation of it varied both in description and in imagery. But Tīmūr's booty did not attract much notice. The motive of loot is certain, but how much was looted is not so certain.