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The special interest of Muslims in sex slavery was universal and widespread.
Muslim Slave System in Medieval India (1994)
Hindus and Muslims can both be fanatics, but it is only Muslims (and Christians) who can be fundamentalists.
The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India (1992)
With the Muslim conquest the position of Indian women suffered a set-back.
Twilight of the Sultanate (1963)
Any study of the population of the precensus times can be based only on estimates, and estimates by their very nature tend to be tentative.
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India (1973)
In brief, the onus of protecting Hindus against Muslim and Christian proselytization falls on Hindu social and cultural organizations.
Return to Roots (2002)
If the medieval chronicler cries out "Jihad" it is not heard, but if he cries out persistently, it is claimed that he never meant it.
Studies in Medieval Indian History (1966)
Its history is soaked in blood of the supposed enemies of Islam. But all this is denied by Marxists who always try to cover up the black spots of Muslim rule with thick coats of whitewash.
The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India (1992)
In Sindh, because of Islamic influence, Muslim tribes have a leading place, while castes are relegated to a subordinate position.
Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India (1995)
To people at large, life inside the harem was a mystery.
Historical essays (2001)
The forcible conversion of Frontier Tribes by Aurangzeb is a well-known fact. “Popular Hindu and Sikh tradition ascribes mass conversions by force to Aurangzeb’s reign.”
Indian Muslims: Who Are They (1990)
“Fundamentalism is not accidental but essential to Islam… It sees unchangeability as strength. That is why the word reform is so abhorrent to Muslim thinkers and religious leaders ...”
Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India (1999)
Here the feudal nobility was a military aristocracy which incidentally owned land, rather than a landed aristocracy which occasionally had to defend Royal lands and property by military means but at other times lived quietly.
The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India (1992)
In this background, it would be an unremitting task both in volume and repetition to give all anecdotes, facts and figures of enslavement and concubinage of captive women in the central and provincial kingdoms and independent Muslim states found mentioned in the chronicles. This would only lead to repetition resulting in the book becoming bulky.
Muslim Slave System in Medieval India (1994)
I have tried my utmost to be judicious in my conclusions, and have neither explained an act or policy to the extent of excusing, nor have I uncritically dispraised or blamed.
History of the Khaljis (1950)
A Hindu can not be a fundamentalist because there is nothing fundamental or obligatory in his socio-religious life, but he can be fanatic, a greater fanatic than all....
The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India (1992)
According to Mulla Ahmad, "the main object of levying of Jiziyah on them (the Hindus) is their humiliation... God established (the custom of realising) Jiziyah for their dishonour. The object is their humiliation and the (establishment of) prestige and dignity of the Muslims."6
Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India (1999)
In the Assam campaign “khani-khanan ordered that the prisoners should have the heads of the slain tied round them, and be thus exposed to the derision of the camp...and afterwards put to death.
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India (1973)
Early Muslims in India lived and preferred to live in cities. (116)
Thousands of non-Muslim women were captured in the minor yearly campaigns of Firoz Tughlaq, and under him the Id celebrations were held on lines similar to those of his predecessor.
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India (1973)
Jaisi, Rahim, Raskhan and Dara Shukoh, though no conventional philosophers, are rare phenomenon. Recognized leading lights of Islamic philosophy like Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi, Shah Waliullah and Shah Ismail Shahid, find no place in the histories of Indian philosophy.
The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India (1992)