Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c20.s1.7

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⁷ In his *Futuhat-i-Firoz Shahi*, Sultan Firoz Tughlaq candidly writes : "I encouraged my infidel subjects to embrace the religion of the prophet, and I proclaimed that every one who repeated the *kalima* of *tauhid* and became a Musalman should be exempt from Jiziyah....Information of this came to the ears of the people at large, and great numbers of Hindus presented themselves, and were admitted to the honour of Islam. Thus they came forward day by day from every quarter, go on coming to this day, and adopting the faith, are exonerated from the Jiziyah, and are favoured with *khilats* and presents". *Futuhat-i-Firoz Shahi*, trs. in E and D, III, p. 386. Also Hindi trs. in Rizvi, *Tughlaq Kalin Bharat*, II, *op. cit.* (VI, n. 2), p. 337.