Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c15.44

c15.44

During the time of Qutbuddin Aibak a large number of places were attacked and prisoners captured than for which actual figures, given above, are available. Figures of any conversions during campaigns to Kanauj, Banaras (where the Muslims occupied "a thousand" temples),³⁶ Ajmer (attacked thrice), Gujarat, Bayana and Gwalior, and the campaigns carried out right up to Bengal are not available. However, since the notices of medieval chroniclers are usually full of exaggeration where figures of the defeated or captured non-Muslims are concerned, it would be reasonable to take into consideration only those which are specifically mentioned, any exaggerations being rounded off by those which are not.