Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.65

c7.s2.t1.65

We may form some idea of the domestic comforts of the nobles and richer classes from the fact that when some nobles of Sultan Hussain of Jaunpur fell into the hands of his enemy Sultan Sikandar Lodi, the latter assigned for each one of them one double-tent and canopy, one ordinary single tent, one bath room, two horses, 10 camels (probably for transport), 10 servants, and a bedstead and bedding, when they stayed in his camp.⁴ The traders on the western coast had the most refined tastes in matters of furnishing.⁵