Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t3.12

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c5.s4.t3.12

³ Compare the instructive instance of Sher Shah massacring Puran Mal and his four thousand warriors of Raisen after bringing them out of their fortress under the most solemn pledges of security and after an oath on the Qur’an to the same purpose. The ‘Ulama issued a *Fatwa* (legal pre-cept) authorizing this act, one of the ugliest and most dishonourable in the whole history of India.

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