History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.60

c8.60

An important episode of Muhammad's reign which Barani slurs over is the invasion of the Mughals under the Chagtai chief Tarmāshirin Khan of Transoxiana. Firishta charges Barani with *surpressio veri* in this case and says that he deliberately avoided mentioning it for fear of giving offence to Sultan Firuz Tughluq.²⁹ It is probable that Barani may have preferred to keep silence over