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evil or crime or otlier perplexity. Every day, and every week, and 
every month, he summoned to him the families of those who were 
his intimates and his friends, and enquired into their circum¬ 
stances, and sought to know whether each was in comfort and 
abundance ; for he would not that any of his followers should, from 
any cause, be brought to sorrow, or rendered low by any kind 
of trouble. 
Eor of a surety in the king was there no desire for oppression, 
misrule, or any other evil thing. Nevertheless, because men are full 
of greed and of covetousness, and there are many who are rich 
without merit and desert, all such hated the king, because that 
he was a man who discerned the right and distinguished merit, 
and would have every one rewarded accordingly. Such men spoke 
evil of the king, as they had spoken evil of Sultan Jalaluddin Kliil- 
ji, who was of a truth a king of the faithful and wise. Eor this 
is the way of covetous and greedy men, and they cannot abide 
the king who is just and discerning, and who will not lavish upon 
the unworthy wealth and treasure. These are the men who wish 
for a prodigal king, and a shedder of blood, and one who casts away 
treasure, taking from many unjustly, and unjustly giving to many; 
overthrowing the houses which stand, and building up the houses 
of such as are without merit. These are the kings who exalt men 
of little worth, and the hard-hearted ones, and the wicked: setting 
them up in high places, and slaying the deserving ones and the 
upright and faithful, and utterly uprooting them and bringing 
them to ruin. One they drown in riches, and another they make a 
scorn and a by-word. But a king such as was Sultan Ghiasuddin, 
worldly men, and men of ill-repute, and such as seek only their own 
wishes, cannot abide, and will speak no good of him : wishing rather 
for a king who should exalt the unworthy, the idolater, the law¬ 
breaker, and such as are wicked and live openly in sin ; a king taking 
no heed of merit, but setting all his thoughts upon carnal pleausre ; 
and persecuting whatsoever is lawful, or becoming, or seemly. 
As to his army, which is the support of a kingdom, Sultan 
Ghiasuddin Tughluq Shall was exceeding thoughtful, caring for 
them as a father for his children, and himself enquiring into 
all expenditure, so that not a single coin was misappropriated 
