The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c6.s2.1

c6.s2.1

Working on the writings of these chroniclers for almost his whole lifetime, Sir Henry Elliot rightly arrived at the conclusion that medieval histories were recorded by writers who seem to sympathise with no virtues and to abhor no vices, and that medieval rulers were sunk in sloth and debauchery and parasites and eunuchs revelled in the spoil of plundered provinces.¹⁵ And with the white mans burden on his shoulders he even felt encouraged to hope that these chronicles will make our native subjects more sensible to the immense advantages accruing to them under the mildness and equity of our rule.¹⁶