History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c13.97

c13.97

As a Sunni Barani regretted the loss of the power of his order, and when the Sultan laid his hands upon the Shaikhs and the *'Ulama*, he aroused bitter animosities. There is nothing to show that he disregarded the injunctions of the Quran. He adopted a policy which the interests of his growing empire demanded. Deprived of their ascendancy, the clergy acquiesced in what they called the irreligious projects of the Sultan and Barani, stung with remorse, writes that he became wretched and degraded on account of his going against the dictates of his conscience for fear of the Sultan.⁵⁴