Attracting the right people

The Bahmani Sultanate is in many ways a colonial state. The Deccan had only been under Muslim control for 20 years when our ancestors threw off the imperialist yoke of Delhi. The vast majority of our subjects are Hindu Marathas, Kannadigas and Telugus.\nWith northern India closed to us by the Delhi Sultans for so long we have had to rely on oversea immigration directly from Persia and the Arab world to fill the needs of our state.\nOur dynasty has therefore always spent much energy trying to attract able and learned men to what has become a rather cosmopolitan kingdom. Since we lost control of the western coast, however, it seems this stream of able people has been transformed into a trickle. If we want to avert a serious crisis we must double our efforts to lure all men of quality here despite the risks.