Destruction Of Hindu
Temples By Muslims - Part II
Destruction Of Hindu Temples
By Muslims - Part II
The following is a continuation of last week's article,
Destruction Of Hindu Temples By Muslims - Part I. In this article
you will once again notice the Muslim Historians glorify the
crimes committed by the Muslims in India. As stated and proved in
my previous articles the glorification of such crimes has been
recorded because the Koran promotes and supports such criminal
acts.
The following is a presentation of the literary evidence available
to us. This evidence stated below is in chronological order with
reference to the time at which a particular work was written.
Name Of The Book: Diwan-i-Salman
Name Of The Historian: Khawajah Masud bin Sa'd bin Salman
About The Author: Khawajah Masud bin Sa'd bin Salman was a poet.
He wrote poems in praise of the Ghaznavid Sultans- Masu'd, Ibrahim
and Bahram Shah. He died sometime between AD 1126 and 1131.
The Muslim Rulers He Wrote About:
Sultan Abu'l Muzaffar Ibrahim (AD 1059-1099)
"As power and the strength of a lion was bestowed upon
Ibrahim by the Almighty, he made over to him the well-populated
country of Hindustan and gave him 40,000 valiant horsemen to take
the country, in which there were more than 1000 rais...The army of
the king destroyed at one time a thousand temples of idols, which
had each been built for more than a thousand years. How can I
describe the victories of the King..."
Jalandhar (Punjab)
"The narrative of any battles eclipses the stories of Rustam
and Isfandiyar...By morning meal, not one soldier, not one Brahmin
remained unkilled or uncaptured. Their heads were levelled with
the ground with falming fire..Thou has secured the victory to the
country and to religion, for amongst the Hindus this achievement
will be remembered till the day of resurrection."
Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)
"..On this journey, the army detsroyed a thousand
idol-temples and thy elephants trampled over more than a hundred
strongholds. Thou didst march thy army to Ujjan; .. The lip of
infidelity became dry through fear of thee, the eye of
plural-worship became blind.."
Name Of The Book: Chach-Namah
Name Of The Historian: Mohammed Al bin Hamid bin Abu Bakr Kufi
About The Author: The Persian history was translated from arabic
by the above mentioned author in the time of Nasiruddin Qabacha, a
slave of Mohammed Ghori.
The Muslim Rulers He Wrote About:
Mohammed bin Qasim (AD 712-715)
Siwistan and Sisam (Sindh)
Mohammed bin Qasem wrote to al-Hajjaj, the governor of Iraq:
"The forts of Siwistan and Sism have been already taken. The
nephew of Dahir, his warriors and principla officers have been
despatched, and infidels converted to Islam or destroyed. Instead
of idol temples, mosques and other places of worship have been
built, pulpits have been erected, the Khutba is read, the call to
prayers is raised so that devotions are performed at sacred
hours."
Multan (Punjab)
.."Mohammed Qasem arose and with his counsellors, guards and
attendants, went to the temple. He saw there an idol made of gold.
and its two eye were bright red rubies. "..Muhammed Qasem
ordered the idol to be taken up. Two hundred and thirty
"mans" of gold were brought to the treasury together
with the gems and pearls and treasures which were obtained from
the plunder of Multan. "
Name Of The Book: Jamiu'l-Hikayat
Name Of The Historian: Maulana Nuruddin Muhammed `Ufi
About The Author: The author was born in or near the city of
Bukhara in Transoxiana. He came to India and lived in Delhi for
some time in the reign of Shamsu'd-Din Iltutmish (AD 1210-1236)
The Muslim Rulers He Wrote About:
Amru bin Laith (AD 879-900)
Sakawand (Afghanistan)
"It is related that Amru Lais conferred the governorship of
Zabulistan on Fardaghan and sent him there at the head of four
thousand horses. There was a large Hindu place of worship in that
country, which was called Sakawand and people used to come on
pilgrimage from the most remote parts of Hindustan to the idols of
that place. When Fardaghan arrived in Zabulistan he led his army
against it, took the temple, broke the idols in pieces and
overthrew the idolators..."
Name Of The Book: Taju'l-Ma'sir
Name Of The Historian: Sadru'd-Din Muhammed Hasan Nizamii
About The Author: The author was born at Nishapur in Khurusan. He
had to leave his ancestral place because of the Mongol invasion.
He came to India and started writing his history in AD 1205.
The Muslim Rulers He Wrote About:
Sultan Muhammed Ghuri (AD 1175-1206)
Ajmer (Rajasthan)
"He destroyed the pillars and foundations of the idol temples
and built in their stead mosques and colleges, and the precepts of
Islam, and the customs of the law were divulged and
established..."
Kuhram and Samana (Punjab)
"The Government of the fort of Kohram and Samana were made
over by the Sultan to Kutuu-din..He purged by his sword the land
of Hind from the filth of infidelity and vice, and freed it from
the thorn of God-plurality, and the impurity of idol-worship and
by his royal vigour and intrepidity, left not one temple
standing..."
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
"Kutub-d din marched from Kohran and when he arrived at
Meerut which is one of the celebrated forts of the country of
Hind, for the strength of its foundations and superstructure, and
its ditch, which was as broad as the ocean and fathomless- an army
joined him, sent by the dependent chiefs of the country. The fort
was captured, and a Kotwal was appointed to take up his station in
the fort, and all the idol temples were converted into
mosques."
Delhi
"He then marched and encamped under the fort of Delhi...The
city and its vicinity were freed from idols and idol-worhips, and
in the sanctuaries of the images of the Gods, nosques were raised
by the worshippers of one God. Kutub-d din built the Jami Masjid
at Delhi and adorned it with stones and gold obtained from the
temples which had been demolished by the elephants, and covered it
with inscriptions in Toghra, containing the divine commands."
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
"From that place (Asni) the royal armi proceeded towards
Benares which is the center of the country of Hind and here they
destroyed nearly 1000 temples, and raised mosques on their
foundations and the knowledge of the law became promulgated, and
the foundations of religion were established.."
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)
"There was a certain tribe in the neighbourhood of Kol which
had..occasioned much trouble..Three bastions were raised as high
as heaven with their heads, and their carcases became the food of
beasts of prey. That tract was freed from idols and idol-worship
and the foundation of infidelity were destroyed"..
Bayana (Rajasthan)
"When Kutub-d din heard of Sultan's march from Ghazna, he was
much rejoiced and advanced as far as Hansi to meet him.. In the
year AH 592 (AD 1196), they marched towards Thangar, and the
center of idolatry and perdition became the abode of glory and
splendour.."
Kalinjar (Uttar Pradesh)
"In the year AH 599 (Ad 1202), Kutub-d din proceeded to the
investment Kalinjar, on which expedition he was accompanied by the
Sahib-Kiran, Shamsu-d din Altmash... The temples were converted
into mosques and abodes of goodness, and the ejaculations of bead
counters and voices of summoners to prayer ascended to high
heaven, and the very name of idolatry was annihilated.."
Sultan Shamsu'd-Din Iltutmish (AD 1210-1236)
Delhi
"The Sultan then returned from Jalor to Delhi..and after his
arrival 'not a vestige or name remained of idol temples which had
raised their heads on high; and the light of faith shone out from
the darkness of infidelity..and the moon of religion and the state
became resplendent from the heaven of prosperity and glory."
Name Of The Book: Kamilu't-Tawarikh
Name Of The Historian: Ibn Asir
About The Author: The author was born in AD 1160 in the Jazirat
ibn Umar, an island on the Tigris above Mosul.
The Muslim Rulers he Wrote About:
Khalifa Al-Mahdi (AD 775-785)
Barada (Gujrat)
"In the year 159 (AD 776) Al Mahdi sent an army by sea under
Abdul Malik bin Shahabu'l Musamma'i to India..They proceeded on
their way and at length disembarked at Barada. When they reached
the place they laid siege on it..The town was reduced to
extremities and God prevailed over it in the same year. The people
were forbidden to worship the Budd, which the Muhammadans
burned."
Name Of The Book: Tarikh-i-Jahan-Kusha
Name Of The Historian: Alaud-Din Malik ibn Bahaud-Din Muhammed
Juwaini
About The Author: The author was born a native of Juwain in
Khurasan near Nishapur. He was the Halaku during the Mongol
campaign against the Ismai'lians and was later appointed the
governor of Baghdad. He fell from grace and was imprisoned at
Hamadan.
The Muslim Rulers he Wrote About:
Sultan Jalalud-Din Mankbarni (AD 1222-1231)
Debal (Sindh)
"The Sultan then went towards Dewal and darbela and Jaisi...
The Sultan raised Masjid at Dewal, on the spot where an idol
temple stood."
Name Of The Book: Mifathu'l-Futuh
Name Of The Historian: Amir Khusru
About The Author: The author, Amir Khusru was born at Delhi in
1253. His father occupied high positions in the reigns of Sultan
Shamsu'd Din Iltutmish (AD 1210-1236) and his successors. Reputed
to be the dearest disciple of Shykh Nizamuddin Auliya, he became
the lick-spittle of whoever came out victorious in the contest for
the throne at Delhi. He became the court poet of Balban's
successor, Sultan Kaiqbad.
The Muslim Rulers he wrote About:
Sultan Jajalu'd-Din Khalji (AD 1290-1296)
Jhain (Rajasthan)
"The Sultan reached Jhain in the afternoon of the third day
and stayed in the palace of the Raya..he greatly enjoyed his stay
for some time. Coming out, ho took a round of gardens and temples.
The idols he saw amazed him .. Next day he got those idols of gold
smashed with stones. The pillars of wood were burnt down by his
order... A cry rose from the temples as if a second Mahmud has
taken birth. Two idols were made of brass, one of which weighed
nearly thousand "mans".He got both of them broken, and
the pieces were distributed among his people so that they may
throw them at the door of Masjid on their return to Delhi."
Sultan Alaud-Din Khilji (AD 1296-1316)
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)
"When he advanced from the capital of Karra, the Hindus, in
alarm, descended into the earth like ants. He departed towards the
garden of Behar to dye that soil with blood as red as tulip. He
cleared the road road to Ujjain of vile wretches, and created
consternation in Bhilsan. When he affected his conquests in that
country, hew drew out of the river the idols which had been
conceled in it.
Devagiri (Maharshtra)
"But see the mercy with which he regarded the broken-hearted,
for, after seizing the rai, he set him free again. He destroyed
the temples of the idolaters, and erected pulpits and arches for
mosques. "
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