INDIAN MUSLIMS

Children of INDIA
or
SLAVES of ARABS
 INDIAN MUSLIMS
Children of India or Slaves of Arabs?
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INDIAN MUSLIMS
Children of INDIA
or
SLAVES of ARABS

VASHI SHARMA
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 I dedicate this book to Maharana Pratap - the innovative
pioneer of Indian war against Islamic terrorism, and father of
Independence movement. I also dedicate this work to Yogi Shri
Sanjeev Newar who is my inspiration and force behind
Agniveer.
 PREFACE
Once a Pakistani little boy asked his father- “Abba Ji! Was
there water all over Pakistan before Muhammad Bin Qasim
came?” Who are the Muslims of the Indian Subcontinent -
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and even Afghanistan? Who were
their ancestors when Muhammad Bin Qasim was not even
born?

In spite of the fact that many of the sub-continent Muslims

think they belong to Arabs, the truth remains that their
ancestors were Hindus and Buddhists. This truth brings
thunderbolts to many subcontinent Muslims because it makes
them inferior in front of Arabs in Sunnat of the prophet (to be
like Muhammad) which has a direct say in getting heaven or
hell hereafter. In order to convince themselves, and of course,
Allah and Muhammad that they are no less Arabs, Mullahs in
the Indian subcontinent preach the gullible masses to ape
Arabs in every possible field. Starting from worshipping in a
language which is alien to them (Arabic) to using an odd
number of stones and dirt instead of water while cleansing.

The purpose of writing this book is not to create hatred of

one community among rest. Rather the objective of this
book is to help the scared and confused subcontinent
Muslims come out of identity crisis and recognize their
roots, which are Indian and not Arabic for sure.

This book aims at reminding Indian Muslims the atrocities

brought down to their ancestors as the price of becoming
Muslims from Hindus. Those who happily accept being called
as slaves/apes of Arabs but feel shame in calling India as
Mother and ancestral land are requested to read this book
carefully.
 This book is also a challenge to all fanatic Mullahs and
pseudo-historians who are trying tooth and nail to fill hatred of
ancestors and ancestral land in the hearts of already filled
gullible Muslims.

The first chapter of the book analyzes the arguments of

Jihadi of the modern times - Dr. Zakir Naik - in the support of
peaceful history of Islamic spread in the Indian subcontinent.
Rest of the chapters present the facts from the accounts,
chronicles, and biographies of Muslim rulers on how sword,
slavery, destruction, and subjugation were used by Islamic
invaders to hand over the legacy of Islam over to the native
Indians – Hindus.
Let the facts speak for themselves.

P.S: I want to thank Mr Rushmore (nickname) who contributed

a lot for this book.

Vashi Sharma
April 2017, IIT Bombay
 DISCLAIMER
In this book, by Islam, I mean the interpretation of Islam
suggested by radical Islamists and their followers who deny
equal rights and heaven to non-Muslims and justify the killing
of apostates. By Quran, I imply the translations of Quran as
patronized by these fanatics and freely circulated on the
internet to radicalize weak minds. There are alternate
interpretations of Islam and Quran by humanist scholars, who
are considered apostates by these fanatics and they are
victimized. We respect these humanists and their faith. These,
however, are not focus of this book. Nothing in the book must
be considered to refer to them. All my criticisms are
exclusively for radical elements, and none else.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Disclaimer
Chapter 1: Islam Was Spread By Sword
Chapter 2: Bloodiest Conquest Of India
Chapter 3: Indian Muslims - Story Of Enslavement
Chapter 4: Jizya - Tax On Non-Muslims
Chapter 5: Islamic Imperialism In India
Chapter 6: Islamic Brutality In India - 10 Shocking Facts
Author’s Message To Muslims And Hindus
About Author
About Agniveer
 CHAPTER 1

ISLAM WAS SPREAD BY SWORD

All true historians across the board agree that force of the
sword spread Islam in India. In fact, any historian who argues
that Islam was spread peacefully in the Indian subcontinent,
and there were no forced conversions of Hindus in the reigns
of Islamic rulers, ceases to be a historian! It is because by
saying this, historian goes against the very accounts,
chronicles, and biographies of Muslim rulers written by
THEMSELVES and THEIR STOOGES. This book will
highlight only a few examples from the vast accounts from
Islamic rulers and Historians of atrocities, plunder, kill, rape,
enslavement, and forced conversion Jihadis caused to the
natives of India.

Zakir Naik distorts Indian History

But there prevails a sick defeated mentality in the Indian
subcontinent that believes in making people ostriches who
bury their heads in the sand when they see any danger. In
India, most of the Mullahs like Zakir Naik and Imam Bukhari
suffer from this ailment. They believe in moving the goalpost
after they have shot. Instead of facing the truth and
recognizing the problems, they deny the very existence of
problems by twisting the facts, denouncing logic, and
distorting history. They are like a school kid who answers the
questions he knows the solution for in a test and cries for rest
of the questions as out of syllabus or incorrect!

The fanatic supporter of Osama Bin Laden, Taliban, and

peace(?), Dr. Zakir Naik, who claims to be the expert/student
of Islam and Hinduism without knowing Arabic and Sanskrit,
has his interesting thesis over Islamic invasion and conversion
of Hindus in India. This “expert” on Islam, Hinduism,
Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity, Judaism and all
other isms in the world has now become “expert” in history
also. He claims that intellectual sword spread Islam in the
Indian subcontinent and not the sword of steel. He argues that
Muslims ruled India for 1000 years, and if Muslims had
wanted, they could have converted each Hindu at the point of
a sword.

Before we provide facts on the bloodiest history of Islamic

conquest of India in subsequent chapters, with logical analysis,
let’s first puncture these mindless arguments of Jihadi Zakir
Naik to the full.

Zakir Naik: Peace was spread by sword

Islam was spread by the sword. That means peace was spread
by the sword because Islam means peace.

Agniveer:
We couldn’t understand the point Jihadi Zakir is trying to
make here. If some person named Aman (means peace)
detonates a bomb and kills hundreds, does it mean he should
not be given punishment because his name means peace?

If Islam means peace and Muslim means peaceful then why

not translate the below news –
“Talibani Muslim blew up the suicide jacket in a Muslim
area and killed N number of Muslims to establish Islamic
rule.”
as
“Talibani peaceful blew up the suicide jacket in a peaceful
area and killed N number of peaceful to establish peace.”
Unless Zakir Naik calls Taliban and Al Qaida terrorists as
Kafirs, the above translation is perfect as per his dictionary!
Zakir Naik: Islamic terrorism is a
misnomer
Just like many common misnomers such as the flat earth,
square triangle, and 2+2=5, Islamic terrorism is also a
misnomer. Islam and terrorism are exactly opposite.

Agniveer:
Misnomers of a flat earth, square triangle and 2+2=5 might be
popular in Jihadi camps due to their beliefs in the centre of the
earth at the surface, geocentric model of the universe, and lack
of basic mathematics skills, but they are no longer misnomers
for outside world.

Aren’t Jihadis expert in coining misnomers? Look at

following lines that splash all around the cyberspace on Jihadi
websites these days.

Quran has scientific miracles.

The Miracle of Moon breaking is scientifically
proven.
Islam teaches equal treatment of free and slave.

One wonders because

If a miracle, by definition, is something that can not
be explained by science, then how wise it is to use
word ‘scientific’ before miracle?

If moon breaking is scientific i.e. as per scientific

laws, then does it not cease to be a miracle in the
first place?
 And among free and slaves, how the hell equality
saves a slave from being a slave?

We completely agree with “Islam and terrorism are exactly

opposite.” But it is to be noted that terrorism as per Islam is a
bit different from rest of others. To prove that, let’s see what
Quran has to say about terrorism and how Islam deals with
this.

If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell,

to abide therein [For ever]: And the wrath and the curse of
Allah are upon him, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for
him.
[Quran 4:93]

Narrated Abu Juhaifa: I asked `Ali “Do you have anything

Divine literature besides what is in the Qur’an?”… Ali said,…
we have nothing except what is in the Qur’an …and what is
written on this sheet of paper.” I asked, “What is on this
paper?” He replied, “…. and the judgment that no Muslim
should be killed in Qisas (equality in punishment) for killing a
Kafir (disbeliever).
[Sahih Bukhari 9/83/50]

So, as per Islam, killing a Muslim intentionally brings the

death penalty to the killer in this world and hell hereafter. But
on the other hand, if a Muslim kills a Kafir (non-believer)
even intentionally, he is not to be put to death and neither
this is any sin for which he is denied houris of Heaven!

So terrorism has been defined as “killing of Muslims” in

Islam, and this is surely against Islam!
Zakir Naik: De Lacy O’Leary said Islam
spread peacefully
The famous historian De Lacy O’Leary says that fanatical
Muslims across the world forcing Islam at the point of the
sword is the most fantastic absurd myth historians have ever
repeated.

Agniveer:
“The Mohammedan conquest of India is probably the
bloodiest story in history. The Islamic historians and scholars
have recorded with great glee and pride of the slaughter of
Hindus, forced conversions, abduction of Hindu women and
children to slave markets and the destruction of temples
carried out by the warriors of Islam during 800 AD to 1700
AD. Millions of Hindus were converted to Islam by sword
during this period. ”
[Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, page 505]

Now the fight remains as to which of these two historians is a

higher authority? For this, we will direct our readers to the
chronicles and accounts of the Ghazis (those who participated
in the religious war of Islam) themselves in the next chapters
who have, with full pride, written volumes on how they
attacked India and made it Dar ul-Islam from Dar ul-
Harb.
Famous historian of Zakir Jihadi, De Lacy O’Leary has,
however, researched on Islamic conquest also, and writes the
following:

It is a debated point whether Muhammad intended his religion

to be a universal one, or for the Arabs alone…. It is necessary
for all Arabs to believe in Muhammad if they are to escape
hell (Muslim, i, 54), but it is not stated to be necessary for
non-Arabs to believe…. As regards the non-Arab world, the
Qur’an seems to contemplate conquest rather than
conversion (Qur., ix, 19-23)….. But these passages fall far
short of a definite missionary command to go forth and preach
Islam to all the nations of the earth.
[De Lacy O’Leary, How Greek science passed to the Arabs]

So here the famous historian of Zakir Naik makes some

interesting points which may not equally comfort Jihadis.

It is unclear whether Muhammad came with a

universal religion or an Arabic one!
Islam is unclear on the necessity of accepting
Muhammad as a messenger by Non-Arabs!
Quran believes in conquest and not in
conversion.
There are no commands for Muslims to preach
Islam to other nations than Arabs in Quran!

We would like to see the comments of Zakir Bhai MBBS on

his famous historian’s take on Islam itself. Zakir Bhai says
“there is no compulsion in religion” and “Islam means peace”
but his famous historian says that Quran believes in conquest
instead of conversion.

Zakir Naik: 80% population of India is

still Non-Muslim
“We” Muslims ruled Spain for 800 years. “We” Muslims, the
Arabs, have been the Lord of the Arab land for last 1400
years, but still 14 million Coptic Christians live in Arab. “We”
Muslims ruled India for 1000 years, but still 80% population
of India is Non- Muslim. If we had wanted, we could have
converted each and every Hindu at the point of the sword, but
we didn’t.
Agniveer:
Did the readers notice “We” Muslims? Isn’t it quite interesting
that a person with Hindu lineage ‘Naik’ is claiming co-ruling
with Arabs and Mughals over Spain, Arab, and India for
thousand years? Isn’t it funny if a neo converted tribal
Christian in Orissa starts claiming that we Christians
ruled India for 200 years, grew industries and railways for
tribal and uneducated people of India!

So Zakir Naik believes that if Coptic Christians in Arab,

Hindus in India and Christians in Spain managed to survive
their culture during Islamic rule, then this is the proof that
Islam didn’t force non-Muslims to Islam. Great! But is this a
valid logic? What if we apply this logic on

Pagans of Arabia, who were 100% before the advent

of Islam, but today even their traces are not found in
Arab.

Zoroastrians population of Iran is not found in today’s

Iran.

Hindus and Buddhists of today’s Afghanistan,

Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Kashmir, who constitute
less than 1% of the population today but used to
constitute 100% of the population some 1400 years
ago.

And all the Non-Arab nations and their natives who

were 100% Non-Muslims before Islam came and are
100% Muslims today?
 If Zakir’s logic has to be true, he will have to accept that
Islam was spread by the sword in Arab, Persia, Today’s
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and all Muslim
countries who used to be Non-Muslims before Islamic
invasions and are now almost 100% Islamic.

Islamic Historians on why Hindus

survived
The reason of survival of Hindus in India was the presence of
warriors like Durgadas Rathore, Rana Sanga, Maharana
Pratap, Shivaji, Guru Govind Singh, Veer Banda Vairagi,
Chhatrasaal, Krishnadev Rai and innumerable Hindu warriors
of North-East, who used to show the path of Jannah to Ghazi
invaders in the battlefields. It is because of these warriors
Islam could not wipe out the solid foundation of our great
civilization the way it destroyed everything everywhere else.
To add into this, let us hear what Islamic historians said about
Great Hindu warriors.

Muslim historian of Akbar, Badayuni, who also took part in

the famous battle of Haldighati wrote: “There is not even a
single race among Pathans and Mughals which can equal
Hindus in valor and martial arts.”

Islamic historians such as Ghulam Ali and Murtaza Hussain

write: “Ten Maratha soldiers are sufficient for more than
twenty well built Pathan warriors.”

Zakir Naik: Sword of intellect converted

Hindus to Islam
It was the sword of intellect that forced Non-Muslims to
convert to Islam. Quran [16:125] commands every Muslim to
argue with others and bring them to Islam through dialogues.
Agniveer:
Why are both ‘preachers’ and ‘converted’ intellectuals who
preached and converted to Islam through intellect have been
the most gullible people of all times? Where are these
intellectuals who are expected to participate in intellectual
activities like science and technologies?

Mullah Zakir Naik is in full swing with his Taqiyya (lying

sanctioned by Islam to deceit Kafirs)! He quotes Quran
[16:125] which has been cancelled by Ayah e Saif or the verse
of sword [9:5] which asks Muslims to slay idolaters
wherever they are found. This Taqiyya is well exposed by
none other than Zakir’s co-terrorist Israr Ahmed, a prominent
Islamic scholar from Pakistan and an eminent speaker of Peace
(?) TV of Zakir Naik.

Watch at 3:48 in youtube video Mullah World Order - Islam

as understood by Extremist Mullah and readers would know
what is the reality of the intellectual sword of Islam. He says:
What we (Muslims) told Non-Muslims (during conquest) that
either you accept Islam and be equal to us or live as inferiors
to us in an Islamic state or let our swords decide!

We want Zakir Naik to clarify as to which one of these two

is lying, he himself or Israr?

Zakir’s Taqiyya is also busted by the most authentic Sunni

Tafsir of Quran by Ibn Kathir, in verse [3:110] and it says:
“You, Muslims, are the best nation of people for the people,
you bring them tied in chains on their necks (capture them in
war), and they later embrace Islam.”
 During Muslim rule in India, not just people got converted
to Islam, but places and animals were also converted (oops!
reverted as per ZN). Karnavati was converted to
Ahmedabad and Prayag accepted Islam and became
Allahabad. In the battle of Haldighati, the elephant of
Maharana Pratap named Ramprasad was captured by Akbar’s
forces, and he made Ramprasad accept Islam to become
Peerprasad! So, now we ask Dr. Zakir Naik, were the cities
and animals also intellectual enough to get convinced by
Islamic intellectual sword?

Zakir Naik: Allah only accepts religion of

peace
The only religion accepted by Allah is Islam which means
peace! [9:33]

Agniveer:
So finally Zakir ends up shooting his own foot! Allah will kill
you if you don’t bow to Islam which means peace. It
resembles with the example we gave in the starting where we
proved that Taliban are peaceful because they spread peace to
the peaceful people by killing them in blasts (which are
actually noisy)!

Accounts of Muhammad Bin Qasim and

Mahmoud of Ghazna
In the end, we share with our readers two accounts of two
most respected Jihadis in the subcontinent, Muhammad Bin
Qasim and Mahmoud of Ghazna in their own words.
“Historian” Zakir Naik can still deny these bare facts because
Islam means peace, but for others, it is time to think.
 “The forts of Siwistán and Sísam have been already taken.
The nephew of Dáhir, his warriors, and principal officers have
been dispatched, and the infidels converted to Islám or
destroyed. Instead of idol temples, mosques and other places
of worship have been built, pulpits have been erected, the
Khutba is read, the call to prayers is raised, so that devotions
are performed at the stated hours. The takbír and praise to the
Almighty God are offered every morning and evening.”
[Muhammad Bin Qasim’s letter to Hijaj Bin Yusuf,
The Caliph]

“The blood of the infidels flowed so copiously, that the

stream was discolored, notwithstanding its purity, and people
were unable to drink it. Had not night come on and concealed
the traces of their flight, many more of the enemy would have
been slain. The victory was gained by God’s grace, who has
established Islám forever as the best of religions,
notwithstanding that idolater’s revolt against it. The Sultán
returned with plunder which it is impossible to recount.—
Praise be to God, the protector of the world, for the honor, he
bestows upon Islám and Musulmáns!”
[Tarikh-i-Yamini of Utbi (regarding Mahmoud of Ghazna)
contains- (At Thanesar)]

More such accounts will be discussed in subsequent

chapters which will clearly prove that denying the bloodshed
during Islamic reign is itself the biggest lie historians (?) like
Zakir Naik have ever produced.

Muslim tells the truth about distorted

Indian History
There is a video on the internet from Pakistan in which famous
intellectuals of Pakistan are shedding tears on the distortion of
the history of Islam in the Indian subcontinent. For those
readers who don’t understand Urdu, we give here important
points made by the scholars in the video. Readers will find that
not everything is lost. There are still few people left in Muslim
society who do not mince the truth and love their pre-Islamic
culture.

Pakistani Muslims celebrated the memories of

Alexander the great near the banks of Chinab and
called him Sikander e Azam thinking that he was a
Muslim, and he defeated Hindu King Porus!

It was not Alexander but Porus who won the battle!

But Porus, being Hindu, is downplayed against
Alexander by Muslims of subcontinent!

Muslims are masters in distorting history.

Islamic rulers were so much against the education,

science, and technology that when someone offered
Shahjahan a printing press, he refused saying it is
disgusting and deserves hatred (Lanati)!

The biggest base on US military is in Qatar, and the

Caliph there admits that we are thankful to the US
because if they didn’t establish their base in our
country, it would have been already invaded and
conquered by rest of Arab countries!

Pakistani policy makers have now decided to

exclude Ashoka and Chandragupta Maurya from
the history of subcontinent because they were
Hindus!
 Muhammad Bin Qasim did not come to Sindh on
the call of a woman as foolishly glorified and
taught to Muslims. He had attempted twice already
to capture Sindh before he is said to have come to
the call of a girl!

Mahmoud of Ghazni burnt the whole city of Lahore

during one of his invasions. These are blatant lies
that Mahmoud Ghaznavi made Lahore the cultural
centre as thought by many.

It is false that Subcontinent Muslims ruled India for

600 Years. It was the invaders of Central Asia and
Iran who ruled.

Mughals hated Indians too much, and Baburnama is

the evidence of their hatred.

No native Muslim (converted from Hindu) was

considered to be Sultan of Muslims.

It is false that Babur, Akbar, and other Mughals

loved India. They hated India and its culture so
much that they used to have Persian as an official
language in courts and Turkish in their homes
ignoring native languages.

Conclusion
We have shown the fallacy in the arguments of fanatics like
Zakir Naik, who want to build their case on lies. Mullas like
Zakir Naik, don’t want Muslims to return to their ancestral
faith but it Muslims themselves who have to decide whether
to continue turning the blind eyes from the truth or to
accept the truth and come back to their culture and
Dharma.

Next few chapters will be based on bare facts which will

prove that Muslims of the Indian subcontinent were Hindus
originally and were forced to accept Islam.
 CHAPTER 2

BLOODIEST CONQUEST OF INDIA

In the previous chapter, we logically proved that indeed Islam was spread by the sword in the
Indian subcontinent. In this chapter, we will establish the truth that forefathers of Indian
Muslims were converted to Islam at the point of a sword. The pure facts presented in this
chapter to establish the truth have been reproduced from the biographies and chronicles
written by those invaders and their own historians, who are hailed as Ghazis (who fights for
the cause of Allah) and Wali (friend of Allah) by most of the today’s Muslims!

India before the invasion of Islam

India before the advent of Islamic imperialism was not exactly a zone of peace. There were
plenty of wars fought by Hindu princes. But in all their wars, the Hindus had observed some
time-honored conventions sanctioned by the Šãstras. For example:

The Brahmins and the Bhikshus were never molested.

The cows were never killed.
The temples were never touched.
The chastity of women was never violated.
The non-combatants were never killed or captured.
A human habitation was never attacked unless it was a fort.
The civil population was never plundered.
War booty was an unknown item in the calculations of conquerors.
The martial classes, who clashed, mostly in open spaces, had a code of honor.
The sacrifice of honor for victory or material gain was deemed as worse than
death.

The Hindu records about pre-Islamic foreign invasions present a striking contrast. Hindu
records accuse pre-Islamic foreign invasions like the Greeks, the Scythians, the Kushans, and
the Huns of savagery and lust for plunder. But these invaders are never accused of making
Hindu Dharma or its outer symbols the specific targets of their attacks. We also have the
accounts of these alien invaders becoming good Shaivites, Vaishnavas, and Buddhists after
their first fury was spent, and then they settled down in India.

Busting the Myths of Indian Muslims

Indian Muslims form the third largest Muslim population (after Indonesia and Pakistan) and
also form the world’s largest Muslim minority population. Given this numerical strength,
which in today’s Indian electoral scenario is considered a game changer, we set out to
analyze, understand and explore from historical archives (neutral and Islamic) as to who the
Indian Muslims were (before becoming Muslims) and the circumstances which led them to
becoming Muslims.

For our analysis, we are considering the undivided (politically) land mass that existed way
before 1947. Specifically, we are going to look at Sindh and Kashmir. This analysis will also
bust some of the myths that exist amongst Indian Muslims. For example:

Muhammad Bin Qasim came to India in order to avenge and help Arab traders,
who were looted by Hindu forces on the high seas.
 Islam came to India only in a peaceful way, and the invasions were just like an
Alexander invading Sindh ages before Islam.

The invasions were about money and not about religion.

Staying true to the cause of our research, we do not deny that the very first set of Arab
Muslims landed in Malabar coast were mere traders. But this kind of interaction was an
exception when compared to how Islam landed in the above mentioned Northwest
regions of India.

Conquest of Sindh – The Advent of Islam

Without much ado, we are heading to Sindh. Let us start with the clichéd “In the Beginning.”
The advent of Islam in Sindh starts with the attack on Debal, near Karachi in 712 CE by
Muhammad Bin Qasim. This was a coastal town near modern Karachi. When Debal was
sacked by this barbarian’s forces, all men aged 17 and above were killed without
compunctions irrespective of whether or not these men were combatants.

“The women and children were all enslaved. 700 women that had taken shelter in a
temple were captured and enslaved. Of the booty obtained by sacking Debal, Muhammad
dispatched 1/5th to Hajaj (including 75 damsels) and the remaining booty was distributed
to the soldiers.”
[Cambridge History of India, Volume III,
Kàzí Ismáíl, Chach Nama (English translation by Kalichbeg Fredunbeg)]

Who was Kàzí Ismáíl? He was a close confidante of Muhammad Bin Qasim & the
formerly documented the conquest of Sindh.

Sindh bore the brunt of Muhammad Bin Qasim’s atrocities. Debal became the template that
he would follow in every town across Sindh. The enslaved women of Sindh were forcefully
converted to Islam and married to Arab soldiers. Towns like Multan, Kuzdar, and
Mahfuza, became Arab colonies in Sindh. When the conquest of Sindh was winding down,
over 20,000 infidels were brought as slaves. The women among the slaves that belonged
to the aristocracy of the Hindu king were veiled and set aside to be sent to Hajaj. The
remaining women were distributed to the soldiers.

Historians on atrocities in Sindh

Before we move forward, let’s know more about Muhammad Bin Qasim’s atrocities in Sindh
from historians.

After Rawar had been taken, Muhammad Qasim “halted there for three days during
which he massacred 6000 men. Their followers and dependents, as well as their women
and children were taken as prisoner. Later on, the slaves were counted, and their
number came to 60,000 (of both sexes).”
 Please remember that we are talking about 7th Century during which such number would
be much significant as compared to this era. The total population of Sindh that time would be
hardly few Lakh out of which more than one Lakh were either killed or enslaved. The
brutality of this act can be equated today, in numbers, if someone kills and enslave 1 Crore
people in Delhi alone.

“Out of these, 30 were young ladies of the royal blood. Muhammad Qasim sent all these to
Hajjaj, who forwarded them to Walid, the Khalifa. He sold some of these female slaves of
royal birth, and some he presented to others. Raja Dahir’s daughters also were counted
among slave girls.”
[Kàzí Ismáíl, Chach Nama (English translation by Kalichbeg Fredunbeg), Page 154]

“From the seventh century onwards and with a peak during Muhammad al-Qasim’s
campaigns in 712-13, a considerable number of Jats were captured as prisoners of war and
deported to Iraq and elsewhere as slaves.”
[Andre Wink, Al-Hind]

Jats here is obviously used as a general word for all Hindus.

“In Brahmanabad it is said that about six thousand fighting men were slain, but according
to others sixteen thousand were killed”, and their families enslaved. The garrison in the fort-
city of Multan was put to the sword, and families of the chiefs and warriors of Multan,
numbering about six thousand, were enslaved.”
[Andre Wink, Al-Hind, Page 161
Mohammad Habib, The Arab conquest of Sindh]

Conquest of Sindh and state of Hindu Women

One question begs a definite answer. How did Hindu women react to Muhammad Bin
Qasim’s barbaric acts? Chach Nama gives the answer.

“Raja Dahir’s sister Bai collected all the women in the fort (of Rawar) and addressed them
thus: ‘It is certain that we cannot escape the clutches of these Chandals and cow-eaters… As
there is no hope of safety and liberty, let us collect fire-wood and cotton and oil (and) burn
ourselves to ashes, and thus quickly meet our husbands (in the next world). Whoever is
inclined to go and ask mercy of the enemy let her go… But all of them were of one mind, and
so they entered a house and set fire to it, and were soon burnt to ashes.”
[Kàzí Ismáíl, Chach Nama (English translation by Kalichbeg Fredunbeg)]

This practice came to be known as Jauhar (Jova har, taking of life), for those hapless but
valiant women that chose to die instead of being consumed by the Islamic invaders.

Islamic chronicles of conquest of Sindh

Islamic chronicles of the conquest of Sindh is called “Futûhu’l-Buldãn.” It was written by
Ahmad bin Yahya bin Jãbir, who was known as “al-Bilãdhurî.” His history is one of the
earliest and major Arab chronicles. It gives an account of Arab conquests in Syria,
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran, Armenia, Transoxiana, Africa, Spain, and Sindh. Here are some
extracts on Sindh, from the above chronicle.

“The town (Debal) was thus taken by assault, and the carnage endured for three days. The
governor of the town, appointed by Dãhir, fled, and the priests of the temple were massacred.
Muhammad marked a place for the Musalmans to dwell in, built a mosque, and left four
thousand Musalmans to garrison the place.”

“He then crossed the Biyãs and went towards Multãn… Muhammad destroyed the water-
course; upon which the inhabitants, oppressed with thirst, surrendered at discretion. He
massacred the men capable of bearing arms, but the children were taken captive, as well as
the ministers of the temple, to the number of six thousand. The Muslamãns found much gold
in a chamber ten cubits long by eight broad, and there was an aperture above, through which
the gold was poured into the chamber.”

Muhammad Bin Qasim’s note on conquest of Sindh

Before we move from Sindh to Kashmir, let us read what butcher Muhammad Bin Qasim
wrote on the conquest of Sindh.

“The forts of Siwistán and Sísam have been already taken. The nephew of Dáhir, his
warriors, and principal officers have been dispatched, and the infidels converted to Islám or
destroyed. Instead of idol temples, mosques and other places of worship have been built,
pulpits have been erected, the Khutba is read, and the call to prayers is raised so that
devotions are performed at the stated hours. The takbír and praise to the Almighty God are
offered every morning and evening.”
[Muhammad Bin Qasim’s letter to his master Hijaj Bin Yusuf]

This concludes that today’s Muslims of Sindh had a Hindu lineage, and we have just seen
how the marauding Arabs broke the lineages.

Islam enters into Kashmir

From Sindh, let us now head a bit North-East to Kashmir. Kashmir was Islamized by a
combination of force and a deceitful wave of conversions. It is also important to remember
that compared to other regions like Sindh or today’s North West Frontier Province (of
Pakistan) or Afghanistan that tasted the brutality of Islam much earlier, Kashmir was a
predominantly Hindu region just 750 years ago.

The aim of this chapter is not to go through a blow by blow account of Kashmir’s glorious
past whose kings held sway till Central Asia and today’s Afghanistan. To understand the
whole nine yards of Islamization of Kashmir, the book “Converted Kashmir” by Narender
Sehgal will be an excellent resource.

Islam entered Kashmir around 1322 when Zulkadur Khan invaded the region. But the mass
conversions and tyranny was unleashed during the reign of Sikandar Butshikan (1394 –
1417). He invited Islamic clergy from Arabia and Persia, and forced proselytization was in
full swing. Sikandar is the one that needs to be credited with the destruction of the most
famous temples at Martand, Vishya, Isna and Tripeshwar.
Syed Ali Hamdani – A conversion virus in Kashmir
Preceding the force was the sugar quoted message of brotherhood, love and tolerance. Syed
Ali Hamdani was a Muslim leader that set the template for conversion using deception in
Kashmir. Syed Ali Hamdaani, better known as Shah Hamdaani, came to Kashmir from
Turkey / Persia along with a bunch of Syeds (numbering around 700) in 1372. Under the
tolerance and kindness of the local Kashmiri Hindus, Syed Ali Hamdaani established an
Islamic centre in Srinagar called Allah-Udinpur, which, later came to be called as
Khankai Moula.

“The Syed established contact with Hindu saints of Kashmir. His meetings started with an
influential Hindu Recluse, Lalleshwari. Both of them started visualising many similarities in
their religious doctrines. Both of them opposed idol worship. In league with the Syed,
Lalleshwari started propagating her sect and the sufi sect. Through Lalleshwari the Syed
started using some sayings from Hindu religion cleverly in his discourses in order to establish
his credibility among the disciples of Lalleshwari.
He even fully praised yoga. As a result of the political intrigue of Syed Ali Hamdaani some
Hindu recluse and 37,000 Hindus adopted Islam. Historian Bamzai has written that
outwardly the Syed would praise eloquently the Hindu religion but inwardly he used to hate
the saints of this religion. After achieving great success in his mission he, while giving up
his guise of love and coexistence, asked the Sultan to carry out the forcible conversion of
Hindus.”
[Narander Sehgal, Converted Kashmir]

Syed Ali Hamdani introduced in Kashmir, with the help of the Sultan, the dress of
Muslim countries, the throne on the Islamic model, Islamic customs in state
administration and Islamic Flag on Government buildings. On the directions of the Syed,
the Sultan started wearing an Arabic cap and divorced one of his two wives and remarried the
other according to Islamic custom.

Sikandar Butshikan – the iconoclast of Kashmir

Then came the king Sikandar Butshikan, who along with the son of Syed Ali Hamdaani,
named Syed Mohammed Hamdani, unleashed the brutality where Hindu temples were
systematically destroyed.

The destruction of the temple at Martand is very graphic. It took one full year to destroy
this architectural marvel. Given the destruction of the structure was taking time; sections of
the temple were stuffed with wood and burnt down. The foundation of the temple was
systematically dug out, and every block of stone was uprooted. Those around the temple were
given a choice between Islam and death. There were instances where those that opposed
conversions were shoved into sacks and drowned into lakes.

Some Hindus were allowed to stay in Kashmir, but they soon realized the futility, as,
Hindus were forced to pay the taxes during Shivratri, Diwali, Ram Navmi, Navratri and
Yagnopavit (sacred thread wearing ceremony). Taxes were imposed on pilgrimages. Those
that were unable to pay these taxes were once again either killed or forced to accept Islam.
Kashmir had many libraries, and Sikander set about burning down all Sanskrit books in these
houses of knowledge. Many fleeing Hindus carried whatever Sanskrit books they could.
 Sanskrit scholars were handpicked, beheaded; their heads were smeared with
sandalwood and then left on highways in order to terrorize Hindus. After mass execution
of Hindus, the severed torsos would be thrown into the Jhelum River, which reaches the
Wullar Lake. And many swollen bodies will float on the lake for days together emitting
foul smells, and they would be consumed by vultures, stray dogs, and crows. Hindu
women were regularly picked up from the banks of Jhelum River by Muslim soldiers as
booty. Whoever stayed back ended up accepting Islam under coercion.

There are even more well-documented events in Kashmir’s history all the way till 1947, the
role of neo-converts in Islamizing Kashmir and the way there was a glimmer of hope in the
middle of all this. But the aim of this chapter, as stated at the beginning was about exploring
the lineages of the current generation Muslims in Kashmir. We have established that in
Kashmir now.

While we can write reams and reams on what happened to Hindus in today’s Uttar Pradesh,
Bengal, Gujarat, Deccan, and other parts on India our aim is to establish the lineage of Indian
Muslims in at least two of very well-known regions that are almost completely Islamic in
faith. And going across every region in India also, having known the template that the Islamic
invaders followed to Islamize the population could be overkill too.

Hindu lineage of India subcontinent Muslims

We request subcontinent Muslims to think as to where have gone those unfortunate
descendants of Hindus who were slain or forced to become slaves in the Jihadi storm a
few centuries back? Aren’t you the one? If no then where are those? The answer is here.
Now we provide some popular tribes with Hindu lineage that today’s Subcontinent Muslims
still carry. This will help you ensure that you are not Arabs but Hindus by blood.

In Kashmir
Handoo, Aga, Atal, Bandhu, Bhan, Bagati, Bhat/Butt/Bhatt, Budki (Burki), Bindroo,
Chowdhury, Dhar (Dar), Dass (Das), Dassi, Dulloo, Ganju (Ganjoo), Kaw, Gurtu, Hak,
Haksar, Hangal, Hangoo, Hoon, Jaju, Jalali, Kachru (Kachroo), Kak, Kar, Kappu, Katju,
Kaul(Koul), Kaw, Kemmu, Khar, Kasid Kher, Khosa, Kitchlu (Kitchlew), Kunzru, Langoo,
Madan, Mahaldar, Malla, Mantoo, Mattoo, Mukoo,Muthoo, Mir, Misri, Natu, Nehru, Ogra,
Pandit, Pandita, Parimoo, Qasba, Raina, Rayu, Razdan, Reu, Sadhu, Sapru, Shivpuri,
Shrunglu, Shunglu, Tangnu, Thusoo, Tikoo,Wakhlu, Wanchoo/Wanchu, Wantoo/Wantu,
Warikoo, Wattal, Wattoo, Zalpuri, Zaroo and Zutshi.
[Source: Kashmiri Muslim tribes from Hindu lineage]

In Pakistan
Many of the Muslims in Pakistan and India still use their ancestral Hindu tribe names for their
identity. Hundreds of such tribes’ names are still in use. Please visit Jat Muslims and Muslim
Rajputs to know more.

Readers would be surprised to know that almost 1/3rd of Pakistan’s total population
(around 5 Crore out of total 18 Crore) is constituted by the Muslims having Hindu lineages-
Jat and Rajput! Rest of the Pakistani and Indian Muslim population can also be easily traced
back to their Hindu roots.
 Muhammad Ali Jinnah (founder of Pakistan), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (former Pakistani
President), Benazir Bhutto (former Pakistani Prime Minister), Asif Zardari (Pakistani
president), belong to Hindu lineage- Rajput whereas Muhammad Iqbal’s (famous poet)
grandfather was a Kashmiri Hindu.

Conclusion
So now that it is proven factually as well that Islam came to India with sword and all Muslims
of today’s subcontinent carry Hindu ancestry, it is high time that our Muslim Brothers and
Sisters stop hating their own culture, ancestors, and motherland and come back to their
original home, Vedas.
 CHAPTER 3

INDIAN MUSLIMS - STORY OF

ENSLAVEMENT

In the previous chapter, we have seen that all the Muslims of

the Indian subcontinent were descendants of Hindu ancestors.
We have also discussed how butchers from Arab and Central
Asia invaded India and killed and converted Hindu ancestors
of today’s Muslims to Islam. In this chapter, we will show
from Islamic sources the circumstances in which Hindu
forefathers of subcontinent Muslims had to become slaves
of Muslims first and then ultimately Muslims at the end.

Slavery - a key component of the Islamic

invasions
Slavery formed a key component of the Islamic invasions to
India. It is one thing for combatants to be killed on the
battlefield or being taken as a prisoner of war. But slavery,
during Islamic invasions to India, entered the arena of cities,
towns, and villages that were sacked by the invading Islamic
armies. The enslaved men/women/children had to embrace
Islam. However, embracing Islam did not give them guarantee
to freedom. These people ended up in slave markets in Arab
lands, where they were purchased for a price. This price was
another source to fill the coffers of the Islamic invaders.

Accounts of Muslim Historians on the

slavery
Here is what is recorded in Farishtah (when Aibak sacked
Kalinjar in 1202): “Fifty thousand kaniz va Ghulam, having
suffered slavery, were rewarded with the honor of Islam.”
“The Sultan never ceases to show the greatest zeal in making
war upon infidels… Every day thousands of slaves are sold at
a very low price, so great is the number of prisoners.”
[Masalik-ul-Absar:
Arab accounts of India under Muhammad Tughlaq]

“At (one) time there arrived in Delhi some female infidel

captives, ten of whom the Vazir sent to me. I gave one of them
to the man who had brought them to me, but he was not
satisfied. My companion took three young girls, and I do not
know what happened to the rest.”
[Records of traveler and Historian, Ibn Battutah]

“During the celebration of Id in the court of Muhammad bin

Tughlaq, daughters of Hindu Rajas and those of commoners,
captured during the course of the year were distributed among
nobles (?), officers and important visitors from Arabia. On the
fourth day, men-slaves are married and on the fifth slave-girls.
On the sixth day, men and women slaves are married off.”
[Records of traveler and Historian, Ibn Battutah]

Slave taking by Islamic kings was a passionate act. And two

Islamic invaders stand head and shoulders above the rest in
this passion for slave taking.

“Timur Lane enslaved almost 100,000 people and of course

we all know what happened to these slaves by the time Timur
Lane went home.”
[Mulfuzat-i-Timuri:
Autobiographical memoirs of the Timur]
 And the other passionate slave taker happens to be Mahmud
Ghaznavi.

“Slaves were so plentiful that they became very cheap, and

men of respectability in their native land (India) were
degraded by becoming slaves of common shopkeepers (in
Ghazni).”
[Records of Utbi, Secretary of Mahmud Ghaznavi, when
Mahmud Ghaznavi attacked Punjab in 1014]

Similarly, it is recorded in Farishtah (the year 1015 now):

“The Muhammadan army brought to Ghazni 200,000 captives
so that the capital appeared like an Indian city, for every
soldier of the army had several slaves and slave girls.”
Can we imagine, a normal free Hindu ending up as a slave
in a Godforsaken place like Ghazni? Slavery was a systematic
enterprise in the Islamic scheme of things.

“There are two trade-marts on the land-route between

Hindustan and Khurasan; one is Kabul, the other, Qandhar.
(Route to Kabul was from Lahore to Qandhar from Multan)…
Down to Kabul every year …from Hindustan, come every year
caravans… bringing slaves (barda)”
[Babur, Babur-Nama: Memoirs of Babur]

Sex slavery - special interest of Islamic

invaders
Now we move to the topic of sex slavery during Islamic
invasions to India. The special interest of Islamic invaders in
sex slavery was universal and widespread, and a plethora of
evidence is available in contemporary Persian chronicles. In
fact, Muslim historians derive extra delight in narrating
anecdotes and stating facts about Muslim indulgence in sex
and allied activities. But here is an incident that illuminates
the way enslaved women were bounced around in the
household of Islamic invaders.

Plight of slave women – Gujarat just one

example
Deval Devi was the daughter of Raja Karan Baghela of
Gujarat and his queen Kamala Devi. Kamala Devi was
captured in the sack of Gujarat (1299), and married by
Alauddin Khalji. According to the Islamic law, slave women
could be married to Muslims even while their husbands were
alive for marriage is annulled by captivity. (This dictum can be
seen in Muir, Life of Mahomet & in the book called Dictionary
of Islam).

Later on her daughter Deval Devi was also captured in

another campaign (1308) and brought to Delhi. There she was
married to Alauddin’s son Khizr Khan, against her will. After
the assassination of Khizr Khan in the politics of succession,
she was taken as a concubine by Qutbuddin Mubarak Khalji
(1316-20). With the murder of Qutbuddin at the hands of
Khusrau Khan, she was taken into the latter’s harem.

This princess was treated as nothing more than a

transferable property in the Khalji ruling house. If this was
the status of a princess belonging to a felled Hindu king,
we could imagine the plight of the ordinary Hindu women
that were enslaved by Islamic invaders and taken to their
harems.

It is for this reason that “Jauhar” of Hindu women

(usually led by the surviving women folk of the felled
Hindu king) started becoming a standard practice.
 In Manucci II (336 – 38), we can also see the common
Muslim names that enslaved Hindu little girls were given and
upon attaining puberty they became concubines of the Islamic
king that enslaved them. Here are a few names – Gulab,
Champa, Chameli, Nargis, Kesar, Gul-i-Badam, Sosan,
Yasmin, Gul-i-Rana, Gul Andam, Gul Anar, Saloni,
Sugandhara, Koil, Gulrang, Mehndi, Dil Afroz, etc. We do not
even want to touch the topic of enslavement, and the treatment
meted out to Hijras and amrads (beardless boys) by the Islamic
invaders.

Before someone can jump to a conclusion that Islamic

invader of every shade just walked and enslaved people, it is
worth to remember that unlike what happened in Spain or
North Africa, or Syria or Persia, every wave of Islamic
invasion was met with severe resistance from Hindu
warriors.

Unity of Hindu castes during Islamic

invasion
We are going to branch off to a slightly different topic to
answer the questions: Did Islam liberate “lower caste”
Hindus from the clutches of the caste system? Did these
people leave Hinduism and accept Islam wishfully?

It is often said by the apologists of these slave takers that

but for the Muslim rulers, the peasants would have continued
to whither under caste system and that the light of Islam saved
the day and many peasants “embraced” Islam. We will see the
hollowness of this claim through Islamic sources now.

During Islamic invasions, the peasants scared by the

prospect of enslavement, and finding the treatment by the
government unbearable, sometimes left the fields and fled into
the jungles. Often vanquished Rajas and aggrieved Zamindars
also retired into the forests and organized resistance from there
against Muslim rulers. In this confrontation, Zamindars
played the role of leaders, and the peasants joined under
their banner.

In the early period, some angry rulers like Balban and

Muhammad bin Tughlaq hunted down these escapists in the
jungles like wild beasts. Muhammad Tughlaq was very keen
on enslaving people and converting them to Islam. The flight
of peasants sent him into fits of rage. When Hindus organized
armed resistance armed peasants provided contingents to
Baheliya, Bhadauriya, Bachgoti, Mandahar and Tomar Rajputs
in the earlier period of Hindu resistance against Islamic
invasions & to Jats, Marathas, and Sikhs in the later periods.
Thus, labeling Islam as the liberator of any Hindu group is
utter foolishness. Period!

Sufis on “Great Islamic tradition” of

slavery
Now let us see what peaceful (?) Sufis of Islam had to say
about this great Islamic tradition of slavery.

“The Muslims dominated the infidels. “But the latter fortify

themselves in mountains… (and uneven and rugged places) as
well in bamboo groves which serve them as ramparts.”
[The likes of Amir Khusrau, peaceful Sufis, and Ziyauddin
Barani]

Babar upon arriving in Agra states:

“Neither grain for ourselves nor corn for our horse was to
be had. The villagers, out of hostility, and hatred to us had
taken to thieving and highway robbery; there was no moving
on the roads… All the inhabitants (khalaiq) had run away.”
[Babur-Nama: Memoirs of Babur]

“The defense of the people consists of woods and forests

and trees, which interweaving with stem and branch, render it
very difficult to penetrate the country… (where) Landlords and
princes… who inhabit fastnesses in those forests… live there
like wild beasts.”
[Mulfuzat-i-Timuri:
Autobiographical memoirs of the Timur]

The forest dwellers that left their villages to escape Islamic

slavery suffered untold miseries. Still, they had the satisfaction
of being able to preserve their freedom. But all victims of
aggression were not so lucky. Many groups and individuals
could not escape from the clutches of the Muslim invaders and
tyranny of their rulers; they used to be captured and enslaved.
So that from the days of Muhammad bin Qasim in the seventh
century to those of Ahmad Shah Abdali in the eighteenth,
enslavement and distribution and sale of captives was
systematically carried on by Muslim conquerors and rulers.

A Sufi of the stature of Amir Khusrau wrote in the Ashiqa:

“Had not the law granted exemption from death by the
payment of poll-tax, the very name of Hindu, root, and branch,
would have been extinguished.” A few years later he asserted
that “the Turks, whenever they please, can seize, buy, or sell
any Hindu.”

If this was the mindset of the ruling elite as expressed by the

famous Sufi, the slave taking the practice of Islamic invaders
needs no further ads.
Conclusion
Islamic invaders to India took the practice of slavery to a
whole new level that was unmatched before and after. Today
many Muslims in India do not know or are willfully glossing
over the past, where, someone in their lineage was enslaved
by Islamic invasions, and they ended up as a Muslim due
to that lineage. This should not surprise us as Sultan Sikandar
Lodi’s Mother was a Hindu that was enslaved by senior Lodi
but he became a Muslim bigot. Sultan Sikandar Lodi’s Mother
Zeba was originally a Hindu by the name of Hema a.k.a
Amba. Bahlul Lodi was attracted by her beauty while he was
governor of Sarhind. He forcefully married her after ascending
the throne of Delhi. But she could not stop her son from
slaughtering Hindus – like Father, like son.

In the next chapter, we will discuss yet another factor that

played a vital role in Islamization of India i.e. Jizya –
unlawful tax that infidels – Non-Muslims - had to pay to
Muslim rulers for being infidels.
 CHAPTER 4

JIZYA - TAX ON NON-MUSLIMS

In this chapter, we will understand how Jizya tax - another key component of the Islamic conquest
of the Indian subcontinent - was imposed upon the forefathers of Indian Muslims to humiliate them.

Jizya Etymology
Jizya (the per capita tax levied on an Islamic state’s non-Islamic populace) can be traced back to the
Aramaic word “Gaziyat.” In the pre-Islamic period, this kind of taxation was in vogue as a poll tax
that was collected from those people that were perceived to be inferior to the ruling class or
aristocracy in the region that is the plexus of today’s Iran, Turkey, Syria and part of today’s Iraq.
The book “Al-Jizya” by Shibli Nu’mani traces the concept of Jizya to exist even during 531 AD.
The book also goes on to state that in that Aramaic-speaking society based on class structures,
paying gaziyat was considered to be a mark of degradation and inferiority.

So, Islamic Jizya, as we know it, while having pre-Islamic roots, has a strong streak of
establishing the payee of Jizya to be inferior to the one that imposes the tax.

The concept “Jizya” in Quran

The concept of Jizya is seen in the Quran. Let’s review the translations of Quranic verse 9:29 by
Islamic scholars.

Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been
forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of
the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves
subdued.
[Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Translation of Quran]

Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last
Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion
of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.
[Marmaduke Pickthall, Translation of Quran]

Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and
His Messenger have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given
the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority, and they are in a state of
subjection.
[Muhammad Habib Shakir, Translation of Quran]

Now, irrespective of the spin that the likes of Zakir Naik and Bilal Philips use (by calling Jizya a
normal tax to be paid by Non-Muslims), the verse clearly points to the payment of Jizya as a form
of subjugation. The key words from the above translations are “subdued,” “being brought
low,” and “state of subjection”. So, Jizya is a form of subjugation of non-Muslims by the
Muslims. And the bottom line is that Muslims, in the above verse, are being mandated to fight
non-Muslims till the non-Muslims pay Jizya.

Concept of “Jizya” Hadiths

Jizya is found in many places in the Hadiths and the consistent theme being that this tax is levied on
non-Muslims by Muhammad himself or by Caliphs after Muhammad as a way out, for the non-
Muslims, against death enforced by Muslim commanders or battle against a Muslim army or
continuance as a non-Muslim.
While there are many verses from Hadiths that can be quoted on Jizya, here are a few for starters.

Muhammad commanded his military leaders to demand Jizya from non-Muslims if they refused to
accept Islam and to fight them if they refused to pay.
[Sahih Muslim, Book 19, Number 4294]

Hisham passed by Syrian farmers who had been detained for Jizya and made to stand in the sun.
[Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6328]

He came by some Nabateans who had been detained “in connection with the dues of Jizya.
[Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6330]

Muhammad collected Jizya from the people of Bahrain.

[Sahih Muslim, Book 42, Number 7065]

Muhammad commanded Al-Mughira and his army to fight non-Muslims until they worshiped Allah
alone or gave Jizya.
[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 53, Number 386]

The King of Aila wrote to Muhammad that his people agreed to pay the Jizya tax in return for being
allowed to stay in their place.
[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 24, Number 559]

Muhammad captured Ukaydir, the Christian prince of Dumah, and spared his life and made peace
with him on the condition that he paid Jizya.
[Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 19, Number 3031]

Muhammad collected Jizya from the “Magians” (Zoroastrians) of Bahrain, Umar ibn al-Khattab
from Magians of Persia, and Uthman ibn Affan from the Berbers.
[Al-Muwatta of Malik Book 17, Number 17.24.42]

Umar ibn al-Khattab imposed a Jizya tax of four dinars on those living where gold was the
currency, and forty dirhams on those living where silver was the currency. As well, they had to
“provide for the Muslims and receive them as guests for three days”.
[Al-Muwatta of Malik Book 17, Number 17.24.44]

Jizya in India – Why it needed

As we have clearly established the idea behind the Islamic concept of Jizya, let us set out to see how
this played a huge part in the Islamization of India and subjugation of forefathers of Indian
Muslims.
 Unlike the lightning victories that Muslim armies saw from Spain to Mongolia, India was way too
large, too populous, too varied (geography, society, customs) and importantly too resistive to
Islamic onslaughts. While Muhammad Bin Qasim gained a toehold in Sindh, be it him or any of the
future Islamic warriors could not gain complete control from Kashmir to Deccan or from Sindh to
Bengal. In fact, before Hajaj, two other Caliphs had sent at least ten expeditions to subjugate India,
but they were all beaten back.

As the Islamic rule was beginning to get established in pockets of North West India and then in
Delhi, the invading Islamic rulers and their advisers realized the futility of completely Islamizing
India, unlike a Syria or Egypt. So they fell back on a combination of forced conversions and Jizya to
forward the Islamic cause. India did not have one emperor or figurehead, who, once defeated, would
mean the subjugation of the entire land mass. As soon as a Muslim army won and beheaded a Hindu
king and plundered the city, another Hindu ruler had to be contended with. And there were always
open revolts in many parts of India against the Muslim rulers.

All these prompted Islamic rulers had to come up with innovation, where, the wealth of the
people that was propelling the rebellions had to be rooted out. Simply put, if the people are
brought down to hand to mouth existence, they will not have any wherewithal to revolt.

Muslim Historians on Jizya

This mindset of Muslim rulers is reflected in Fatawa-i-Jahandari by Barani and in Farishtah, where,
the strict imposition of Jizya was followed up with a rise in the land tax (kharaj) to 50% and they
started taxing possessions like cows, buffaloes, and goats. Added to this was another tax called the
grazing tax.

Barani proudly writes that all these meant “Hindu women and children went out begging at the
doors of the Musalmans.”

The same is chronicled in Tarikh-i-Wassaf and Futuh-us-Salatin by Wassaf and Isami

respectively.
In order to ensure the realization of these tyrannical taxing systems, a separate department
called Diwan-i-Mustakhraj was established by the Muslim rulers. There were many recorded
instances where defaulting of tax payments by peasants led to their wives and children being carried
away as slaves.

“The tillers were made to part with more than 2/3rd of the produce failing which, they were
apprehended, and if an entire village opposed it, the village was sacked by the local Muslim
commander.”
[Abdul Fazal, Akbar Nama].

All this not only led to the complete crippling of the agriculture-based economy driving
people out of their settlements but the desperate situation gradually led people to convert to
Islam to escape taxes and lead a normal life. While the fanatic brainwashed Muslims, today,
claim that even Muslims pay Zakat as an obligatory tax, Muslims rulers usually levied Jizya to be
twice that of zakat. Note that Zakat is not the symbol of any inferior status of the payer but
Jizya is. This is permissible based on “Hedaya” which is an Islamic legal text.

In FuthuHat-i Firozshahi by Shaikh Abdur Rashid, one can read the following after Firoz Shah
Tuglaq imposed Jizyah on Hindus also said that Jizya would be exempted if they converted to
Islam:
‘The Hindus thronged in clusters after clusters and groups after groups and were glorified by the
glory of Islam. And likewise to this day of ours, they come from far and wide, embrace Islam, and
Jizyah is off from them.” Kashmir had a unique situation, where Sikandar Butshikan levied both
zakat and Jizyah upon Hindus, which obviously multiplied the economic miseries manifold. And
Amir Khusrau writes about Jizya being a hatch for the dhimmis: “Did the Dhimmis not enjoy the
concession of the Shariah, all trace of the Hindus would vanish root and branch.”

And the actual event of a collector of Islamic Jizya visiting a Hindu neighborhood was shameful
for the kinds of things he engaged in. Qadi Mughith ad-Din told Sultan Ala’ud-Dîn Khaljî: “If the
Jizyah-collector asks a Hindu for silver, the latter should offer gold in all humility. If the collector
wishes to spit into his mouth, the latter should open his mouth without demur, so as to enable the
former to spit into it.”
[from Diyâ’ ad-Dîn Baranî, Tarîkh-i Firozshâhi, Sayyid Athar Abbas Rizwi, selected Hindi tr., in
his Khaljî-Kalîna Bhârata, Aligarh, 1955, p. 70]

Conclusion
While Jizya was viewed as the second best thing by Islamic rulers of India (given the factors unique
to India that prevented complete Islamization), it is this Islamic tax system that led to so much of
economic hardships of the common Hindus that many ended up converting to Islam to escape the
tyranny. And many had their wives and children enslaved by Islam.

From the economic point of view, this Islamic tax system simply broke the back of the wealthy
Indian economy. Because of this tax system, Hindus were reduced to hand to mouth existence.
Agricultural productions dropped as many agrarian families escaped from their native agricultural
land for fear of punishment. In general, the human enterprise of the native Hindu was thrown out.

What a tragic development that Indian Muslims - the descendants of those Hindus who had
to pay Jizya and later convert to Islam from the fear of enslavement - are now paying “Jakat”
to strengthen the same Arabic system that once enslaved their forefathers!

May Eeshvar give strength to all Muslims to come to their ancestral roots, Vedas.

In the next chapter, we will discuss Islamic way of spreading the cult- Imperialism.
 CHAPTER 5

ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM IN INDIA

In this chapter of the book, we will discover the truth about Islamic imperialism in India and
bust another myth that: Politics inspired islamic invasion of the Indian subcontinent, and it
had nothing to do with Religion of Islam.

What is Imperialism?
The Dictionary of Human Geography defines imperialism as “the creation and maintenance
of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often
in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination.”

Islamic imperialism Vs. British imperialism

In the Indian context, the historical discourse points to imperialism as something that has to
do with the British rule alone and willfully excludes Islamic imperialism. This chapter
aims to scan historical archives and present the imperialism that Islam unleashed on this great
nation.

Islamic imperialism carries a distinct streak that is soaked in blood and complete
subjugation of the masses in every aspect of their lives. While the British definitely had a lot
of monetary and racist motivations, despite supporting Christian missionaries, the British did
not go about unleashing massacre after massacre and continually destroy symbols of
Hinduism like temples. Taking away nothing from the kind of atrocities British unleashed in
India, we will see in this chapter that Islamic imperialism makes the British imperialism look
like a walk in the park.

Ways of Islamic imperialism in India

Islamic imperialism in India was experienced in the following ways:
Generations of unsuspecting Hindus were slaughtered to be sent to Islam’s eternal
hell fire by the barbaric invaders.

Thousands of temples and sites of pilgrimages were destroyed and/or converted to

mosques, as these represented the houses of idolatry.

The wealth of this land was thoroughly looted (as booty) & the share was split
between soldiers of the Muslim armies and their masters back in Baghdad (all as
part of the scriptural injunctions of Islam).

Thousands of men, women and children were captured and sold as slaves in
Islamic lands.

Women were forced to become concubines in harems.

The human enterprise of Hindus was systematically dismantled, and they were
reduced to mere servants of Muslims that came to occupy this land.
 The sword was used the way to establish the supremacy of Islam.

Islamic Imperialism and plight of Hindus

Tarikh-i-Wassaf summarizes the plight of Hindus when messengers of Islam visited India on
vacation.
“The vein of the zeal of religion beat high for the subjection of infidelity and destruction of
idols… The Mohammedan forces began to kill and slaughter, on the right and the left
unmercifully, throughout the impure land, for the sake of Islãm, and blood flowed in torrents.
They plundered gold and silver to an extent greater than can be conceived, and an immense
number of precious stones as well as a great variety of cloths… They took captive a great
number of handsome and elegant maidens and children of both sexes, more than pen can
enumerate… In short, the Mohammedan army brought the country to utter ruin and
destroyed the lives of the inhabitants and plundered the cities, and captured their off-springs,
so that many temples were deserted and the idols were broken and trodden under foot, the
largest of which was Somnãt. The fragments were conveyed to Dehlî and the entrance of the
Jãmi Masjid was paved with them so that people might remember and talk about this brilliant
victory… Praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds.”

Jihadi: Turks conquest was Islamic. Arabs were peaceful

However, this country has been hoodwinked by generations of biased and fake historians that
have duped the last few generations of Hindus by asking them to look at the pantheon of
symbols of Islamic heritage like arts, crafts, calligraphy, the Sufi poetry, songs, palaces,
maqbaras and realize the peace and prosperity of Islamic rule in India. The dark ages for the
Hindus started changing only after a new generation of Marathas, Sikhs and Jats emerged and
broke the back of Islamic imperialism.

Who is to blame? Many apologists of what the Islamic invaders did, hide behind
arguments that it was the Turkish invaders that have to be blamed and that if Arabs had
brought Islam into India, things would have been peaceful. Or that this land had always
experienced foreign invasions and that Ghaznis and Ghoris were here for the wealth (just like
the British and the French). And the most clichéd argument happens to be that all that the
invaders did does not conform to the teachings of Islam. But all these arguments are a hard
sell. Let us see why.
Jihadi argues that it was the Turkish invaders that have to be blamed and that if Arabs had
brought Islam into India, things would have been peaceful. Turks were barbaric.

Agniveer: Turk conquest of India was Islamic

If Turks were truly barbaric, they could not have had different sets of attitudes towards
Muslims (their brethren) and Hindus.

Let us draw an analogy. Many modern countries do regard Alexander as a barbarian.

Assuming he was a barbarian, he was consistent in dealing with his foes both in Greece or in
Persia or in India. He was driven by zeal to rule the world, and he cared nothing about
whether the Persians worshipped Ahura Mazda or if King Porus worshipped Shiva and
Vishnu and dealt with internal rebellions too in the same way.

Let us contrast this with Mahmud Ghaznavi.

 “The Sultan was affectionate by nature… Sultan Mahmud was strict in the administration
of justice… Sultan Mahmud was a poet and scholar of some reputation. He is said to have
been the author of a book named Tafridul-Furu which was regarded as a standard work on
Fiqh… The Sultan was a great patron of learning and his court was the rendezvous of
scholars from all parts of the Muslim world… His meanest rewards were calculated in
thousands of dinãrs, and the later generation of poets cherished his memory chiefly as a
giver of ‘elephant loads’ of gold and silver.”
[Muhammad Nazim, The Life and Times of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna]

Firishta records that Mahmud Ghaznavi used the war booty captured from Kanauj for
building at Ghazni a magnificent mosque, a university well-stocked with books, and a
museum full of many curiosities. But we know what this KIND Sultan did in India during his
invasions.

Similarly, Jalaludin Khalji was someone that loved putting Hindus to the sword. But when
Malik Chhaju, an architect of a rebellion against Jalaludin was captured and paraded before
him, Jalaludin overruled the usual penalizations for rebels and said that he would relinquish
his throne instead of making another Muslim shed his blood.

Above is enough to prove that these invaders were considered as devout Muslims in their
times and even today, these butchers are hailed as Ghazis and role models by many ignorant
Muslims.

Agniveer: Arab conquest of India was Islamic

Let’s Come to Arabs now. Had Arabs brought in Islam, it would not have been so bad.
Really? Chach Nama has enough events to prove that Arabs were no kinder to Hindus in
Sindh than the Turks were to the Hindus around Delhi. In fact, the feeble sense of forgiving
attitude that Muhammad Bin Qasim might have had was seen as a sign of weakness by Hajaj,
and he was asked to slit specifically the throat of Hindus, instead of showing mercy. Here is a
response from Hajaj to Muhammad Bin Qasim upon hearing that the latter had promised
some Hindus refuge if they conspired with him in opening the fort of Raja Dahir by deceit.

“O, my cousin! I received your life-inspiring letter …I learnt that the ways and rules you
follow are conformable to the Law (of Islam), except that you give protection to all, great and
small, and make no distinction between enemy and friend. Allah says – Give no quarter to
infidels but cut their throats. Then know that this is the command of Allah the great. You
should not be too ready to grant protection because it will prolong your work. After this, give
no quarter to any enemy except to those who are of rank. This is a worthy resolve, and want
of dignity will not be imputed to you.”

After this, Muhammad bin Qasim carried out the command of Allah conveyed to him by
Hajaj in letter and spirit.

What we have seen above is that it does not matter whether the Islamic invaders were
Turks or Persians or Arabs. They had the utmost disdain for Hindus. And in these two
instances what we have in common is Islam. The culprit here is not the Turks or Arabs
but Islam. And the following event says more about the mindset of some of the Islamic
Caliphs and how Islam plays a part in this.
 “When the head of Dahir, the women, and the property all reached Hajaj, he prostrated
himself before Allah, offered thanks-giving and praises. Hajaj then forwarded the head, the
umbrellas, and wealth, and prisoners to Walîd the Khalifa.”
[Kàzí Ismáíl, Chach Nama (English translation by Kalichbeg Fredunbeg)]

Converted Hindus became like Turks and Arabs

It was not Arab or Turkish imperialism but Islamic imperialism. And it is not only these
foreigners. The attitude of Hindus that converted to Islam under duress gradually became like
that of the much maligned Turks and Arabs. Here are few examples:

Suhabatta was the chief minister of Sikandar Butshikan (Kashmir). Suhabatta

converted to Islam and after that, advised by Islamic clergy, Suhabatta did the
spade work to have many temples (including Martanda) destroyed.

Chach Nama records the activity of a Brahmin, a neo-convert who was chosen by
Muhammad Bin Qasim to go around the town of Multan proclaiming the
following: “Heathenism is now at an end, the temples are thrown down, the world
has received the light of Islam, and mosques are built instead of idols temples.”

Amir Khusru has recorded the bloodlust of Malik Kafur. Malik Kafur was a young
Hindu that was captured and converted to Islam by Ulugh Khan, one of the
generals of Alaudin Khalji. Upon seeing this young man, Alaudin Khalji
became enamored by him and this ex-Hindu became Malik Kafur. Soon he
was raised to become a topmost officer and came to be called as Malik Naib. This
neo-convert unleashed the same blood laced tyranny against the people of his
ancestral faith during his battles that he fought for Alauddin Khalji.

Conclusion – Questioning Pre-Islamic era of Arabs and Turks

Let’s conclude this chapter by asking basic questions about pre Islamic era of Arabs and
Turks.

In the history of Arabs or Turks, during the pre-Islamic era, were any wars fought
against infidels on this grand a scale and in continuous waves? Negative.

While slavery was not an Islamic concept, was there another system in the pre-
Islamic period of the Arabs and Turks about how to deal, split and distribute booty
from war (men, women and material) before Islam? Negative.

Did the pre-Islamic Arabs invade North Africa, Central Asia, Mongolia and Spain
and establish Mosques over there? Negative.

Did the pre-Islamic Arabs chase out non-pagans out of Yemen and Arabia?
Negative.

What we see here is that the imperialism in India unleashed by Arabs and Turks was
Islamic in nature and whoever converted to Islam became equally brutal against
Hindus. This is a pattern that has to be recognized and remembered by Hindus and Muslims
of today.
 CHAPTER 6

ISLAMIC BRUTALITY IN INDIA - 10

SHOCKING FACTS

In this last chapter, let us compare the medieval era Muslim

regime with the Nazi regime and discover some of the most
shocking facts of Islamic brutality in India.

Fact 1:
The atrocities over the Hindus during the medieval era Muslim
rule in the Indian subcontinent can be compared to no other
parallel. Only the Holocaust atrocities over the Jews comes
anywhere close to the barbarianism faced by the Hindus of
that era.

Fact 2:
On the ideological latitude too, the medieval era Muslim
regime draws parallels to the NAZI regime. For example, the
Nazi ideology is based on a superior race or the Aryan race
which is the Master race of the Herrenvolk which should
command the inferior races like the Slavs who had the status
of Untermenschen. The Untermenschen were the ones whose
existence could be tolerated but devoid of any prestige or
power in the social milieu. Lastly, there were the Jews who
had to be eliminated at all costs.

Fact 3:
Now, during the Islamic rule over the subcontinent, the
Muslims were the Herrenvolk or the community supposed to
be the master letting the Dhimmis or the inferior ones love
conditionally. Lastly, there were the Najas or the impure
communities which had to be eliminated at all costs.

Fact 4:
Their Muslim army invaded the lands of the disbelievers in
a Blitzkrieg (a swift and violent military offensive) and carried
out killings of women, children and those who didn’t have
anything to do with the war.

Fact 5:
The fight had to go on till the last disbeliever was
exterminated just like the Nazis who believed that they had
the right to kill the last Jew on this earth. This phenomena was
called Judenfrei which can be called as Heidenfrei in the case
of medieval era Muslim regime.

Fact 6:
The effect of this massive invasion was immigration from
their own lands just like the Jews had to immigrate from
Europe in search of safer avenues. This has been happening
till this date in case of the Hindus who had to leave their
homes in 1947, Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 and Kairana in Uttar
Pradesh.

Fact 7:
There is only one supreme power in Islam or the Allah who
guides all the decisions and is the supreme controller and in
whose names the attacks over the Hindus were carried out just
like Nazism also entailed unquestioned dedication to the
leader, Fuherer Adolf Hitler.

Face 8:
However, there are differences too, unlike Muslim rulers,
Nazis did not kill people for their belief. Nazis killed people
for their existence. When it comes to killing for belief we can
compare the Islamic onslaught with that by Stalin. Only
Communists kill people for their belief and spare them if the
target is ready to shed its belief system. In any Islamic
Invasion, the target was spared once he converted himself to
Islam and became a pious man.

Fact 9:
Other than that, just like communism preaches armed
resistance till the power structures are changed in the favor of
the Proletariats, there is the concept of armed Jihad till the
time the power structures are changed in the favor of Muslims.

Fact 10:
It means the Islamic invasion of the Indian subcontinent, in
essence, was a culmination of Islamic Jihad and Stalin’s
communism.

It is really very sorry to see that our kids are denied any
chance to carry out any objective assessment of our history
which has been filled with blood, sword and gore.
It’s high time that we take a call and propagate our real
history to our coming generations through informal channels
and weed out the systematic rot.
 AUTHOR’S MESSAGE TO MUSLIMS
AND HINDUS
Message to Muslims
You are our Brothers and Sisters. You did not attack India you
did not rule India, but you were attacked and were ruled. You
are natives, sharing with us the common ancestry. Jihadis from
Arab and Central Asia attacked us and made you slaves. They
don’t even consider you pure Muslims. So it is high time that
you give up this symbol of humiliation and slavery of 1000
years and come back to your original ancestral faith of Vedas.
We are here to welcome you.
Message to Hindus
Indian Subcontinent Muslims did not attack us as they are no
outsiders but are natives and were Hindus. They were the real
sufferers who had to give sacrifices of lives of dear and near
ones during the Jihadi onslaught and still couldn’t save their
faith. They are those who got converted at the point of the
sword with no second option. They have started hating us now
because of their own troubles, and our reluctance of taking
them back in our Dharma, which was/is their right. So its our
foremost duty to convince them in a most compassionate
manner to come back to our/their Dharma.
 ABOUT AUTHOR
Dr Vashi Sharma is a renowned scholar of religions,
extremism, history, Islamic invasions and an expert on de-
radicalisation. He is an eloquent author, poet, prose writer,
speaker and a scientist. He has written several books in
English and Hindi on Islamic extremism, history and
motivation. An alumnus of IIT Bombay and recipient of
prestigious INSPIRE Faculty Award from Government of
India for Scientific Research, Dr Vashi has also published
many world class researches in peer-reviewed Scientific
Journals of international repute. He is currently the president
of Agniveer.
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