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 LUXURY AT THE COURT OF FIEOZ 155 Ala-ad-din had mustered over fifty thousand of them over half a century before. The court to which these pampered servants min- istered was luxurious but orderly. It is true the Sul- TOMB OF FIROZ SHAH AT DELHI. tan was somewhat addicted to wine, and on one occa- sion, in the midst of the Bengal campaign, the general Tatar Khan discovered his sovereign in an undignified position, lying half-dressed on his couch, with a mys- terious sheet concealing something under the bed.