Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c9.11

c9.11

In such a situation the answer of the Sultan to the Ulama was: But at the moment in India the Muslims are so few that they are like salt (in a large dish) However, after a few years when in the capital and the regions and all the small towns, when the Muslims are well established and the troops are larger it would be possible to give Hindus, the choice of death or Islam.²⁴ Such an apologetic plea was not necessary to put forward. The fact was that the Muslim regime was giving a choice between Islam and death only. Those who were killed in battle were dead and gone; but their dependents were made slaves. They ceased to be Hindus; they were made Musalmans in course of time if not immediately after captivity.