Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t2.57

c5.s4.t2.57

5. *The Composition of the Nobility.*—It is difficult to give the exact number of nobles of various ranks under the Sultanate;³ in point of composition they were a heterogeneous body, being composed of all sorts of foreigners and Indians, whose character and number varied with every ruling dynasty. In the beginning of the Muslim rule almost all of them were of Turkish extraction. The Afghans came to be incorporated gradually at a later date.