Twilight of the Sultanate c9.s4.3

c9.s4.3

However, Khizr Khan's policies and achievements had certain shortcomings. The yearly collection of revenue at the point of the bayonet was not a happy affair. While it exasperated the local chiefs, the state could not be sure of a regular revenue, and hence its finances remained shaky. Perhaps the best proof of it is that throughout his and his dynasty's rule the coins struck are uniformly of copper, and the old silver and gold coins of India completely disappear.⁸² Moreover Khizr Khan's preoccupation in the difficult region of western Uttar Pradesh left him no time to deal with the kingdom of Jaunpur which went on growing from strength to strength under its talented monarch Ibrāhīm Sharqī. Besides, to maintain his position and to deal with the rebels of the Punjab, he had to requisition the services of Afghan leaders and men. The ascendancy of the Afghans during the reign of Khizr Khan and that of his successors, in the long run proved to be disastrous for the Saiyyad dynasty.