Indian History Enthusiast
Indian History Enthusiast

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20 Tweets 5 reads Mar 09, 2021
This sort of shockingly ahistorical bile should be stopped from spreading
1) Mahmud of Ghazni
@sheikhchilly1 claims that Mahmud went there to save Shudra women. This is not attested in most primary accounts of Mahmud Ghazni. Shudras were equally oppressed and subjugated in Muslim rule. But that is for another thread.
Mahmud Ghazni's exploits in Somnath is describes as a religious war. This even of breaking an important idol gave him a lot of standing in the Muslim world
While attacking, many devotees of Somnath took up arms against Ghazni. Since they were not trained, they were slaughtered mercilessly. 50,000 people lay dead.
2) Allaudin Khilji
This nitwit focuses only on Padmavati story, as if Allaudin was saint to all other beings
This was how people were treated under Khilji
Another slaughter by Allaudin Khilji
And him defending us from Mongols doesnt really change anything since he himself was a slaughterer. Two tyrants fighting each other doesnt make them good
3) Babur
Babur was also a very iconoclastic ruler. He was invited by Sanga and Daulat Khan Lodhi(But this is also not 100% reliable).
Babur considered idols as a defect and destroyed them whenever possible.
And I have provided proof for Ram Janmabhoomi Temple many times
4) Aurangzeb
I will compile a thread on Aurangzeb's atrocities later. For now I will leave two instances from his reign. You have not provided primary source for your statements @sheikhchilly1 so I dont know whether you are cherry-picking and taking out of context
This is his Benares Farman asking for temple demolition
This the account of temple demolition at Mathura
5) Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan was a fanatic and psychopath of the highest level
50,000 Hindus were forcefully converted by Tipu. This was a catalyst for the battles between Marathas and Mysore
This is another example of Tipu's genocidal feelings.
There are many more such examples. These are 4 barbaric things done by Tipu.
Sources
1) Mahmud Ghazni- Tabaqat I Nasiri and Al-Qazwani(History of India as told by it's own historians vol 1)
2) Allaudin Khalji- Tarikh-I Firoz Shahi(Translation) and History of India as told by it's own historians vol 3
3) Babur- Baburnama
4) Aurangzeb- Cambridge History of India and Maasir-I-Alamgiri(translation by Jadunath Sarkar)
5) Tipu Sultan- New History of Marathas(Govid Sakharam Sardesai), Select Letters of Tipu Sultan, History of Mysore and Voyage to the East Indies by Fra Bartholomew

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