The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c9.146

c9.146

It will be a mistake to under-rate the share of the royal household in the actual administration of the sultanate. The royal bodyguard and picked household troops not only kept the nobles under discipline but also fought the battles of the empire whenever the need arose; the ḥājibs commanded armies and acted as a general staff; the kārkhānahs manufactured the goods required by the army and other departments of the state; the royal stables bred horses and other animals required for war and transport, and the palace served as the training ground for future administrators and statesmen. Politically, socially and culturally the court was the heart of the sultanate.