Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s1.67

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³ Compare T.D., 6 for the basis of the State; B. 188-189 for a discussion on tyranny and extravagance, and pp. 292-293 on the position of the State treasury. Compare the question of shedding Muslim blood in relation to the Sultanate in Barani, B. 235-36 ; and B (MS.) 100. According to the clear injunctions of the Qur'an, shedding of Muslim blood is one of the capital offences against Islam (vide 4 : 93). Compare also, Barani's estimate of Balban, who, religious in other respects, had no scruples in shedding blood—in B. 47-48.