History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.76

c6.76

Taking Ghazi Malik by the hand, they placed him upon the throne, and in response to the united prayer of the well-wishers of the empire, he assumed the sceptre under the title of Ghiyas-al-Din Tughluq Shah, and received the homage of all parties. The election of a plebeian to the imperial office demonstrated in an unmistakable manner the democratic spirit of Islam and reaffirmed the principle of the survival of the fittest, which dominated and controlled the Muslim state in India in the 13th and 14th centuries.