Indian Muslims: Who Are They c6.s7.87
Indian Muslims: Who Are They c6.s7.87
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⁶³ Bengal was not conquered by seventeen Turkish cavalieres (of Bakhtiyar Khalji); but by the *barah-auliyas*, 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.*, p. 151.