History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c9.82

c9.82

Modern historians have stigmatised the attempt as a mad scheme without comprehending its real import.⁴¹ The disaster which befell the troops has blinded them to the urgency and importance of the measure. Suffering in such a climate was inevitable, and in fairness to the Sultan, it must be said that he was powerless against nature. What was due to nature is unjustly ascribed to the Sultan. No writer except Ibn Batūṭah has said anything about the results of this campaign, while others have contented themselves with a bare mention of the tragic calamity which befell the troops. But Ibn Batūṭah clearly says that the object of the expedition was achieved, and the hill chieftain acknowledged the supremacy of Dihli.