History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.161

c12.161

There were not many jails. The number of prisoners was not large, for the usual punishments were mutilation and death. But the administration of the old forts and castles which were treated as prisons was by no means satisfactory. The regulations were lax and corruption prevailed among the officers. In the capital itself the Sultan interested himself in the welfare of the prisoners. He used to summon them to the Diwān-i-Khānah every day and allowed them to bathe and shave themselves on Friday which was observed as a day of rest.