Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s1.149

c7.s1.149

It is natural to expect a certain amount of assimilation of the custom of Jauhar by the Muslim warriors whose traditions of fighting were quite as strong as those of the Rajputs. Sometimes they took more or less the same position as their enemies did against them, as for instance, when Timur invaded India. Mercy was neither sought nor given and the certainty of almost brutal slaughter persuaded many a warrior to adopt the course of Rajput Jauhar.³ The Deccan, however, does not appear to be a very fruitful soil for the growth of such martial traditions.¹