The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c11.137
The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c11.137
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⁴ *TA*, p. 6. Malāḥida is a generic term which, though it might include Qarmāṭians, was more generally, at a subsequent period, used to designate the Ismā'īlians. See *Elliot*, II, pp. 441-42. From al-Birūnī it is clear that the Qarmāṭians were in possession of Multan; see Sachau's Trans., I, pp. 116-17.