Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c16.s5.10

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⁸⁵ When Father Xavier and Brother Benedict went to Kashmir with Akbar this is what they learnt: "In antiquity this land was inhabited by gentiles, but in the 1300's it was invaded by the Moors, possibly a reference to Timur, and since then the majority of the people accept Islam". Lach, *op. cit.* (V, n. 24), I, p 467. He writes on the authority of L. Guzman, *Historia de las missiones*...(Alcala, 1601), pp. 267-68.