Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c16.25

c16.25

*Distribution of Slave Girls* Marriages brought servants and *bandis*, but the largest number of slave girls was collected during raids, campaigns and wars throughout the medieval period. We have briefly seen the achievements of Muslims in this regard from the time of Muhammad bin Qasim onwards. It was a consistent policy to kill all males, especially those capable of bearing arms, and enslave their hapless women.⁴² Al Biladuri writes that the governors (who succeeded Qasim) continued to kill the enemy, taking whatever they could acquire⁴³ Most of the captives were distributed among nobles and soldiers. Two examples of this custom may be given, one from the Sultanate and the other form the Mughal period.