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It is a tragic irony of fate that the first alien king within living memory, who enslaved the Indian people and defiled the sacred, ancient Hindu throne of Delhi by barbarities perpetrated in the name of Islam, was himself a slave sold many times over in the slave markets of West Asian Islamic countries.
His name was Kutubuddin Aibak. The Tabakat-i-Nasiri (chronicle) says that "his little finger was broken from his hand, and he was therefore called Aibak i.e. 'maimed in the hand'". Some historians, however, believe that Aibak should have been the surname of a tribe and say "the statement of the text cannot be correct". This shows how medieval Muslim chronicles are full of inconsistencies.
Based on those false chronicles, current historical texts tend to mislead the public and the government that the long dynasties of Muslim rulers and noblemen, who through horror and terror infested and ruled over India for one thousand long and gory years, were just and noble. As an illustration we shall quote the certificate of excellence which it gives to Kutubuddin, and then see whether his career justifies it.
The Tabakat says, "Sultan Kutubuddin, the second Hatim, was a brave and generous (sic) king...in his time there was no king like him from the east or the west. When the Almighty Allah wishes to exhibit to His people an example of greatness and majesty, He endows one of His slaves with the qualities of courage and generosity...So the king was generous and brave, and all the regions of Hindusthan were filled with friends (meaning Muslims) and cleared of foes (meaning Hindus). His bounty was continuous and his slaughter (sic) was continuous." (Page 299, Vol. II, Elliot & Dowson).
It is obvious from the above passage that the Muslim chronicles and in fact all Muslims considered the "continuous slaughter" of Hindus in Hindusthan (and also, of course, the rape of their women, loot of their property and kidnapping of their children) as acts of the highest generosity, piety, bravery and glory. Communally and politically loaded and slanted Indian histories have ignored the rape, loot, kidnappings and massacres altogether and only picked up the words that Muslim monarchs were generous and noble.
Author : Shri Purushottam Nagesh Oak
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