History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.133

c12.133

However unexceptionable the Sultan’s motives, his policy was fraught with serious consequences. It produced discord in politics and divided the administration into two hostile camps—the Hindustanis and foreigners, both pursuing their own selfish aims and bent upon their own aggrandisement. The Sultan who was anxious to promote the efficiency of his government failed to see the unwisdom of excluding the native element from high offices. The foreigners ill-requited his beneficence and stirred up strife everywhere which threw the administration into a state of disorder.