Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c11.3

c11.3

In this strife, the foreign slave-nobles had an edge over their Indian counterparts. They were closer to the Sultan and had influence with him. For most of them Indian-born Muslims were originally all slaves, scum captives taken in thousands by chance of war or purchased at a vile price. But like Turks they intrigued and maneuvred to rise to power. Malik Kafur and Nasiruddin Khusrau even staked their claims to the throne. In any case it took a few generations time for them to reach the stature of foreign nobles.⁴ Muslim society tended to be divided into ruling and other classes.