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by the officers, or anything taken from them by the office of the 
General of the Forces. Also he regarded their families. And when 
he ascended the throne of the empire, he assigned to Siraj ul mulk 
Khwajah Haji the office of Lieutenant-General of the Forces, and 
the whole charge of the office of the General of the Forces. And 
with regard to the recruiting and approval of soldiers, which is the 
chief cause of efficiency in an army, and the choice and approval of 
weapons and of horses, he followed the rules of ’ Alaudclfn. Such as 
neglected their duty or were guilty of cowardice, and deserted from 
the ranks of the army, he punished with extreme severity. The 
sums which the army had received from Khusrau Khan, he re¬ 
covered from their salary up to the extent of one year’s pay, but 
larger sums be recovered by degrees over a period of years, so that 
the soldiers should not be put to straits. The sums which 
had been plundered, or which had remained in the treasury 
aud had not been distributed, he also recovered. Sultan Ghias¬ 
uddin Tughluq Shah, during the four or five years in which he 
sat on the throne, ordered that the pay of his troops should be dis¬ 
tributed in his presence, and that great care and attention should 
be paid in the matter of accounts, so that nothing should be kept 
back from their pay. Thus was it that his army was exceeding 
well-appointed and very powerful. 
The salaries and allowances also of the nobles he so apportioned 
according to their rank, that the former nobles were increased in com¬ 
fort, and to such as had been lately ennobled was there given dignity 
and power and prosperity. The villages, lands, pensions, aud rewards 
given by ’Alauddln, Sultan Tughluq Shall, without enquiry and with¬ 
out scrutiny, confirmed, and approved with one stroke of his pen. But 
he cancelled all the orders and the grants of the rebel Khusrau Khan, 
which were made during the period of four months that he reigned, 
and hesitated not to resume the gifts which he had given. Also he was 
careful to enquire into all grants which had been given by ’ Alauddln 
and Qutbuddln from carelessness and ignorance, or through the 
intrigues of their followers and courtiers. All that had been given 
without cause, or because of the influence of courtiers, he resumed, 
and all which had been justly given, he confirmed. Furthermore, 
there has never reigned in Delhi a king more moderate in the 
