History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.296.5

c11.296.5

Bengal was cut off from the empire and the northern provinces too were watching with complacency the growth of disorders. The spirit of revolt was rampant throughout the land, and the emperor, beaten and baffled, withdrew from one position to another in desperate fury. At last the curtain fell upon scene in the desert wilds of Sindh and demonstrated to the world that the powerful factor in war is the spirit and not the numerical strength of the men who are called upon to take part in it; this was crushed by the sufferings which they had endured. The Great Napoleon described the Spanish rising as a ‘running sore.’ Muhammad Tughluq found the Deccan revolt a running sore which ultimately ruined him.