The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c10.111

c10.111

nor were the neighbouring courts immune from attention.¹ Ambassadors and messengers sent to foreign princes were instructed to keep their eyes open and gather as much information as they could.² Sometimes trustworthy courtiers were sent in disguise as special spies to investigate some complicated affair.³ The knowledge that there were spies abroad who would be sending reports to the monarch kept the regular news-writers efficient and careful. It seems that there was a body of spies attached to the court, but the other secret agents were probably under the control of the central barīd office. No separate controlling agency is mentioned under the sultans of Dehlī.