History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.50

c8.50

But despite royal beneficence the people of Dihli were unwilling to leave their native town. The Sultan's order must have weighed heavily upon the Hindus and Muhammadans alike. They could not bear the pain of exile in a foreign land. Barani's exaggerated statement that in sheer despair they laid down their heads in a heathen land, and of all the multitude of emigrants only a few survived to return to their homes contains a substratum of truth.