Indian Muslims: Who Are They c5.s6.11

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On the other hand the foreign Muslims (or Turks) alone are capable of virtue, kindness, generosity, valour, good deed, good works, truthfulness, keeping of promises loyalty, clarity of vision, justice, equity, recognition of rights, gratitude for favours and fear of God. They are, consequently, said to be noble, free born, virtuous, religious, of high pedigree and pure birth. These groups, alone are worthy of offices and posts in the government Owing to their actions the government of the king is strengthened and adorned. On the other hand the low-born (Indian) Muslims are capable only of vices - immodesty, falsehood, miserliness, misappropriation, wrongfulness, lies, evil-speaking ingratitude,shamelessness, impundence So they are called low-born, bazaar people, base, mean, worthless, plebian, shameless and of dirty birth.⁹² Now neither the one could be so good nor the other that bad, but Ziyauddin Barani rightly depicts the prevailing attitudes and consequent tensions. What worried him most was that the Indian Muslims were appointed to high offices and are successful in their work they will make people of their own kind their helpers, supporters, colleagues. They will not allow (Turkish) nobles and free-born men and men of merits to come anywhere near the affairs of the government.⁹³