History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.s1.15

c12.s1.15

When the officers and leading men had assembled, sixty horses with saddles and bridles of white and black colour all decked with gold were brought, half of whom were made to stand to the right and the other half to the left in such a manner that the king may be able to see them. Then fifty well-trained elephants covered with embroidered silk, with their tusks encased in iron, were presented. When the Hājib repeated the word *Bismillah*, they bowed their heads before the Sultan. Behind all these stood the royal slaves in a compact body equipped with swords and shields.