History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.132

c6.132

travels until his return to his distant western home, when he was far removed from the wrath of the emperor of Dihli; he was under considerable obligations to Muhammad Tughluq; he was a careful and accurate inquirer and observer, and had no motive for blackening Muhammad's character. It is needless to labour this point for I believe that Ibn Batutah's version is now generally accepted in preference to Barani's, but its acceptance creates two difficulties, for it is not easy to understand how Ghiyas-al-Din could have entrusted to his son the command of a second expedition or how he could afterwards have appointed him his regent during his absence in Bengal."⁵⁸ Sir Wolseley concludes by saying that either Juna was purged of his former offence by his brilliant conquest of Telingana or that Ghiyas-al-Din believed that he would be less formidable at Dihli surrounded by Amirs or troops devoted to the emperor's interest than at the head of a quasi-independent army in Telingana and accordingly summoned him to the capital.