History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c6.39

c6.39

such as the "Parmar" Rajputs were. This read together with the statement of the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi* that Hasan was captured by the Muhammadans during the sack of Malwa may seem to lend support to the view that Hasan was originally a Rajput, but it is difficult to get over Barani's testimony who emphatically says that he was a low-born menial. Then, the author of the *Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi* also states that there was defect in his caste. Besides, Hajji-ad-Dabīr who had a special knowledge of the history of Gujarat does not say that Hasan was originally a Rajput. Like Barani he also describes him as a filthy outcast and pours ridicule upon him. There is an ugly and repulsive side of Khusrau's character, condemned by all historians which is thoroughly un-Rajputlike.