History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c3.15

c3.15

The Sultan's accomplishments — The charge of Wanton cruelty — The Sultan's punishments not due to caprice — The charge of irreligion — The rejected this statement of Husām Khān's in view of the unblemished character of the Sultan but for the fact that the word marriage occurs in the text. Still, we may hesitate to believe that the primary motive of the Sultan in undertaking this costly expedition which entailed heavy loss in men and money in a most inhospitable quarter could be merely the acquisition of women. The object of the expedition, as appears from Barani's and Ibn Batūṭah's accounts, was to extend the protectorate of Dihli over some refractory mountain chiefs: