History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.36

c8.36

The author of the Khulāsat-ut-tawārikh says that the climate of the Deccan Sultan and he describes this as a cause for upon in time of danger, and the Hindus of the south were not so submissive as those of the north who had become inured to Muslim domination. It seems, therefore, highly improbable that Muhammad would go to the Deccan to punish the impertinent people of Dihli who lampooned him in the guise of anonymity. Ibn Batūṭah is not supported by any contemporary or later writer, and, inspite of his asseveration that he heard all this from a ‘trustworthy’ informant in Dihli, it is difficult to accept his statement in view of the liberal advances which the Sultan made from the treasury to the emigrants. He himself writes that the Sultan purchased the houses of the citizens of Dihli and paid full prices. The whole chain of evidence corroborates Barani who records the Sultan's motive in plain language which we often miss in him.