The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c8.s4.16

c8.s4.16

In fact the army of the Sultanate suffered from a number of weaknesses. One was its heterogeneous character. Troops of the various racial groups, foreign and Indian, could not always pull together well nor were they all equally loyal to the regime.¹⁶⁷ Slaves, for instance, made good soldiers but they are of one group and one mind and there can be no permanent security against their reVolt.¹⁶⁸ The Afghans had been freely employed by Muhammad Ghauri, and Turkish Sultans of Delhi, but under the Saiyyads and Lodis the whole complexion of the army was changed from Turk to Afghan. The Afghans were brave, sometimes even reckless. But traditional devotion to their own clan leaders was not conducive to discipline in the army.