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Before he ascended the throne, he had once a quarrel with a holy man who maintained that it was highly improper for a king to interfere with the religion of his subjects or to prevent them from bathing at places to which they had been accustomed to resort for ages. The prince ( Sikandar ) drew his sword and said "Do you maintain the propriety of Hindu religion."

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“…Julal-ood-Deen now occupied Tutta, destroyed all the temples, and built mosques in their stead; and on one occasion detached a force to Nehrwala (Puttun), on the border of Guzerat…”

“In the year AH 819 (AD 1416), Ahmud Shah marched against Nagoor, on the road to which place he plundered the country, and destroyed the temples…”

“…On reaching Mooltan, Mahomed Kasim also subdued that province; and himself occupying the city, he erected mosques on the site of the Hindoo temples.”

“…In the year 832 he marched again to Idur; and on the sixth of Suffur, AH 832 (AD Nov. 14, 1428) carried by storm one of the principal forts in that province, wherein he built a magnificent mosque…”

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