The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c12.161
The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c12.161
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c12.161
The size of the army varied much from time to time. 'Alā-u'd-dīn Khaljī commanded four hundred and seventy-five thousand horsemen.⁹ Muḥammad bin Tughluq's cavalry is said to have consisted of nine hundred thousand soldiers.¹⁰ Kaiqubād mustered a hundred thousand mounted soldiers at Dehlī when he made preparations to march against his father.¹¹ 'Afīf says that Fīrūz Shāh had ninety thousand soldiers excluding his slaves.¹² He recruited a