Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s1.64.5

c5.s1.64.5

For practical purposes the only tangible result was as follows : the Sultan appointed a few religious-minded and influential Muslims to certain judicial posts, and thereby disarmed the opposition by snatching from them all potentially dangerous and capable leaders. He further undertook to defend Islam in a general way which, as has been pointed out, was in any case necessary to maintain the identity of the Sultans and even their existence in what one might call the vast ocean of Hindu population.