Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c11.18

c11.18

Here are a few examples. Bahadur Nahar was a converted Rajput from Mewat. So also were Rai Daud of Jalandhar and Rai Kamaluddin Main of Ludhiana. Similarly three brothers, Sarang Khan, Mallu Khan and Khandu converted to Islam and rose to be nobles. Mallu Khan later became Mallu Iqbal Khan and Khandu was entitled Adil Khan. Soon enough Mallu was dropped and he became just Iqbal Khan, a pure Muslim, like of foreign lineage. Iqbal Khans sons were Saifuddin and Khudadad. By now the family had become *pucca* Muslim having dropped all Hindu appellations. Therefore it was not harmed by Sultan Mahmud when settling the affairs of Delhi after the upheaval of Timur. Mahmud sent the family of Iqbal Khan to Kol (Aligarh) just as Sher Shah returned the consort of Humayun to the Mughal because in both cases families of Muslims were involved. Such examples of claiming pure Muslim (or foreign) lineage after a few generations of conversion abound in medieval Indian history.