The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c11.s6.3

c11.s6.3

In the words of the Andre Wink, From the seventh century onwards, and with a peak during Muhammad al-Qasims campaigns in 712-13, a considerable number of Jats [and also others] was captured as prisoners of war and deported to Iraq and elsewhere as slaves. Some Jat freemen became famous in the Islamic world, as for instance Abu Hanifa (699-767?), the founder of the Hanafite school of law.⁹⁸