Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c16.55

c16.55

A typical and complete *hijra* was Sultan Qutbuddin Mubarak Khalji (1316-1320). He occasionally dressed himself in female attire, embroidered with laces and adorned with gems, and went about dancing in the houses of the nobles like a typical *hijra*. Similarly, Hasan Kangu, the ruler of Malabar, often used to come to court (*darbar-i-am*) dressed in the fashion of females. He bedecked his arms and neck with jewellery and ornaments and used to ask his nobles to treat him to sexual passivity.⁸⁷ In short, the courts of Qutbuddin and Hasan Kangu presented licence and obscenity of the *hijras* in utter nakedness.