History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.127

c11.127

(3) Literally translated *amiran-i-sadah* means "amīrs of hundred." Bayley, and King who follows him are not quite right in saying that they were like the free lances of mediæval Europe. It must be borne in mind that they had accepted the king's service and with it all the obligations which the acceptance of that service implied. Their profession was not plunder or violence. But like all mediæval adventurers they first looked to their own interests and were always ready to profit by the difficulties of the emperor in the north and south.