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INTRODUCTION
vanquished Muslims went to Delhi and pleaded forgive-
ness for their folly and requested Firoz Shah the
Emperor to give them help. But Firoz Shah seems to
have sent them away with an evasive reply.
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"When Firoz Shah succeeded to the throne, his
edicts were sent into Ma'bar but the people of the
country rebelled and going to Daulatabad they made
Qurbat Kangu king of Ma'bar. So as soon as the mes-
sengers from Madhurai gave the woeful tidings and
craved pardon for overthrowing the Imperial Authority,
the Sultan reproached them for their repudiation of
his authority and for now resorting to him in their
distress. He told them that his army was weary and
exhausted with the late campaign (at Thatta) and long
marches but that after it had rested and recouped its
strength he would proceed towards Ma'bar. The ambas-
sadors were sent back with assurance of forgiveness
and he devoted himself to business."41
Firoz Shah being the wisest Sultan of the Tughlak
dynasty did not think it worthwhile to keep his promise
of capturing Madhurai. For besides the strain it in-
volved on the army there was no guarantee if the
second viceroyalty of Madhurai would not shake off its
allegiance to Delhi and with the lesson he had learnt
once he took a vow never more to trust distant viceroys.
So the Muslim rule ended for ever in Madhurai in
1371, with its destruction by Vijayanagar.¹2
41. Elliot and Dowson, Vol. III, p. 339.
42. There is a theory, resting on flimsy grounds that Kampaṇa
restored the Pandyas to their former position in Madhurai after insti-
tuting enquiries regarding a suitable representative from the Pandyan
family. This receives the support of no less a scholar than the Rev. Father
Heras himself. (cf. The Aravidu Dynasty, p. 106). "One of the most
transcendental acts of Kumāra Kampana in the South was the resper-
vanquished Muslims went to Delhi and pleaded forgive-
ness for their folly and requested Firoz Shah the
Emperor to give them help. But Firoz Shah seems to
have sent them away with an evasive reply.
55
"When Firoz Shah succeeded to the throne, his
edicts were sent into Ma'bar but the people of the
country rebelled and going to Daulatabad they made
Qurbat Kangu king of Ma'bar. So as soon as the mes-
sengers from Madhurai gave the woeful tidings and
craved pardon for overthrowing the Imperial Authority,
the Sultan reproached them for their repudiation of
his authority and for now resorting to him in their
distress. He told them that his army was weary and
exhausted with the late campaign (at Thatta) and long
marches but that after it had rested and recouped its
strength he would proceed towards Ma'bar. The ambas-
sadors were sent back with assurance of forgiveness
and he devoted himself to business."41
Firoz Shah being the wisest Sultan of the Tughlak
dynasty did not think it worthwhile to keep his promise
of capturing Madhurai. For besides the strain it in-
volved on the army there was no guarantee if the
second viceroyalty of Madhurai would not shake off its
allegiance to Delhi and with the lesson he had learnt
once he took a vow never more to trust distant viceroys.
So the Muslim rule ended for ever in Madhurai in
1371, with its destruction by Vijayanagar.¹2
41. Elliot and Dowson, Vol. III, p. 339.
42. There is a theory, resting on flimsy grounds that Kampaṇa
restored the Pandyas to their former position in Madhurai after insti-
tuting enquiries regarding a suitable representative from the Pandyan
family. This receives the support of no less a scholar than the Rev. Father
Heras himself. (cf. The Aravidu Dynasty, p. 106). "One of the most
transcendental acts of Kumāra Kampana in the South was the resper-