The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c10.33

c10.33

Thirdly, leaving individual cases apart, there was perhaps generally speaking better generalship on the enemy side inasmuch as larger forces always call for greater skill in leadership and organisational capacity of a higher order than smaller armies which were at the disposal of the rulers of Sindh, Kabul, Zabul and the Panjab. In fact they could not afford to maintain larger armies on account of their limited resources in men and money and had, therefore, fewer opportunities of developing generalship of a high order.