[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Muslim Slave System in Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1994) › c8.2 # Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c8.2 Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1994.c8.2) Slavery was wide-spread in Islam. The early Turkish invaders and rulers of India were slaves or scions of slaves. Mahmud of Ghazni was the son of a purchased slave, Subuktigin. Subuktigin in his turn had been bought by one Alptigin who himself was a purchased slave. Alptigin was the first Turkish slave-warrior-ruler who carried his arms into Hindustan. His career and resourcefulness are symbolic of the Turkish slaves as a whole. - [Previous: c7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1994.c7.41) - [Next: c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1994.c8.3) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1994.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1994.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1994.c8.2) · Pramāṇa