The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.233

v3.c20.233

It was after this irruption of the Mughuls that Nizām-ud-dīn persuaded Kaiqubād to put to death the ‘New Muslims.’ These were Mughuls who had been captured in former campaigns and forcibly converted, or who had voluntarily embraced Islam and entered the royal service, in which some had attained to high rank. They were, for many years after this time, a source of anxiety, for it was believed that they, like the ‘New Christians’ of Spain and Portugal, were not sincere in their change of faith, and they fell under the suspicion of treasonable correspondence with their unconverted brethren. The accusations against them were vague, and were not substantiated by any trial or enquiry, but they were proscribed and put to death, and those who had been on friendly terms with them and had permitted them to intermarry with their families were imprisoned.