[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c5.s3.34 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s3.34 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s3.34 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.34) ⁴ Compare the employment of Sultan Firuz Tughluq in his youth as a \*Naib Barbak\* and a \*Naib Amir Hajib\*. He was given the command of 12,000 troops on his appointment to the post which shows that these offices had a corresponding military rank (\*vide\* A. 42). Malik Kafur was a \*Barbak\* when he was appointed to lead the invasions of the Deccan. Similarly, Muhammad Tughluq occupied the office of \*Barbak\* for some time before the Tughluqs came to power. - [Previous: c5.s3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.33) - [Next: c5.s3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.35) - [Up: c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c5.s3.34) · Pramāṇa