Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s2.15

c9.s2.15

While eulogizing the work of the Vazir, Badaoni adds that by giving Jalesar back to the Muslims, Tājul Mulk "gave fresh currency to the Muhammadan religion".³⁶ But the situation was not so bright. The Sultanate had grown so weak indeed that local rajas and zamindars enjoyed independence undisturbed by moves from Delhi. For the Sultanate it was a struggle for survival; its star was at its nadir. The boast of Badaonī, therefore, has no foundation in so far as the present achievements of Delhi were concerned. In the far-off regions of Kashmir and Gujarat, however, Sultan Sikandar Shāh (a.d. 1394-1417) and Ahmad Shāh II (a.d. 1411-42) respectively were carrying on a policy of persecution of the Hindus.³⁷