Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c10.23

c10.23

The Lodis who gradually reestablished the authority of the Sultanate (1451-1526) continued with the traditional business of slave-taking. Bahlul, the founder of the dynasty, turned a freebooter and with his gains from plunder built up a strong force.³² If as a ruler Bahlul led his army into Nimsar (in Hardoi district), and plundered the place and depopulated it by killing and enslaving its people,³³ his successor Sikandar did the same in the Rewa and Gwalior regions.³⁴