Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s3.t1.13

c7.s3.t1.13

Horse-racing was just as popular. It had the additional advantage of the blessings of the Prophet who had prohibited other amusements and gambling in no uncertain terms, but was indulgent towards betting on horse-racing. A regular literature soon sprang up on the study of the horses, which does credit to the scientific methods of the age.⁶ It is quite reasonable to infer from these facts that the number of pedigree horses was quite large in the studs of the Sultans and the nobles. Special Arab horses were imported for racing purposes from Yemen, Oman, Fars. Each animal is reported to have cost from one thousand to four thousand Tankas.¹