<P> Alauddin's reforms allowed him to raise a powerful army, which decisively defeated the Mongols . </P> <P> Alauddin's courtier Amir Khusrau greatly praises his reforms, portraying them as public welfare measures . He states that the low fixed prices of grains and supply from the royal granaries benefited the public during the times of scarce rainfall . According to an anecdote mentioned by the 14th century writer Hamid Qalandar, even after the Sultan's death, Muslims respected Alauddin for reducing and fixing the price of grains: they made pilgrimages to his tomb to have their prayers fulfilled . </P> <P> The cheap prices enabled the Muslim middle class to indulge in frequent enterainment activities . Hamid Qalandar, who wrote during the early reign of Firuz Shah Tughluq (r . 1351 - 1388), quotes Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi as follows: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> In those days entertainments were common . During the days of the pilgrimages and on the last Wednesday of the month of Safar it was difficult to find (sitting) accommodation in the public enclosures, in the public gardens or by the side of the tanks . There was music and dancing on every side . These feasts would cost a tanka or more . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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