Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c21.10
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c21.10
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⁵ “Bengal was not conquered by seventeen Turkish cavaliers (of Bakhtiyar Khalji) ; but by the *barah-auliya*, or twelve legendary Muslim militant saints, the Pirs who cropped up after the seed of Islam had been broadcast in the plains of Bengal". K.R. Qanungo, *op. cit.* (X, n. 56), p. 151.