Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t2.43

c5.s4.t2.43

When 'Ala-ud-din Khalji came to the throne he realized the menace of the foreign nobles, and met the situation by incorporating an Indian element and by giving these Indian nobles position and power in the State. His successor also carried on this policy. Unfortunately, however, the Indian party at the court overdid itself, and the behaviour of Khusrau Khan and his friends antagonised the general Muslim opinion, which began to labour under the fear of being submerged in the rising tide of Indian (or Hindu) domination. This afforded an opportunity to the enterprising Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq to supplant the usurper Khusrau Khan and establish his own kingdom. When Muhammad Tughluq came to the throne he calmly reviewed the whole position, in one of the scenes of which he had personally taken part. He found that the foreign Turkish nobles and their Indian successors had both