The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c20.35

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c20.35

² See for example *Tajul Maasir*, ff. 126, 162, 175, the conquest of Kol. and the raid into Anhilwara, where "fifty thousand infidels were put to the sword"; in Kalinjar "fifty thousand came into the collar of slavery". *Cf.* on this last incident, Ferishta, I, p. 63 who states that they were all converted to Islam; but Hasan Nizami is explicit in stating that they were allowed to evacute the fortress and go free; f. 174b.

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