History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.28

c8.28

Barani's statement that there was only one migration and that of the whole population en masse seems to be correct. His account is too detailed to be a mere slip and there seems to be no reason why he should not mention that there were two migrations, if they had actually occurred, as is the case with the author of the Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi. Barani is supported by Ibn Batūtah, whose account leads to the inference that there was only one migration and that was of a fairly considerable portion of the population. Dihli does not seem to have been completely depopulated, for the mint was always there, and we have coins struck at Dihli during the years 727, 728, and 729 A.H.¹³ If the government offices had been removed, and also the population, why was the mint allowed to exist? The very fact that the mint continued to work at Dihli shows that there must have been a regular staff of officers entrusted with the management of the institution and a certain fraction of the population.