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 112 ALA -AD -DIN KHALJI command they are ready to creep into holes like mice." " O Doctor,' 7 he went on, " thou art a learned man, but hast no experience of the world. I am an unlettered man, but I have seen a great deal. Be assured then that the Hindus will never become submissive and obedient till they are reduced to poverty. I have therefore given THE GATEWAY OF ALA - AD - DIN IN THE MOSQUE AT DELHI. orders that just sufficient shall be left to them from year to year of corn, milk, and curds, but that they shall not be allowed to accumulate hoards of property." So far the law and the Sultan were not at variance. When they spoke of the punishment of corrupt revenue officers, there was still not much difference; but when the Sultan touched upon the delicate question of his own claim upon war-booty and upon the public treas-