The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c7.80
The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehlī c7.80
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Multān had long been a centre of Karmathian dissenters from whose possession Muḥammad bin Sām took the city in 571 A.H. (1175 A.C.).¹ But the sect did not die, and one of their secret agents martyred the sultan at Damīk in 602 A.H. (1205 A.C.).² On 6th Rajab, 734 A.H. (1337 A.C.), a thousand fully armed members of the sect entered the Jāmi‘ Masjid at Dehlī and began to slaughter the worshippers. It was only when some soldiers were rushed to the spot that the insurrection was quelled.³ We read of Fīrūz Shāh taking action against these dissenters.⁴ The vast majority of the Muslims in India and all the sultans of Dehlī were, however, orthodox and mainly supporters of the Abbasids.⁵ Most of the Muslim conquerors came to India from lands of orthodoxy.