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  • by Uttam Mandal
  • ভারতের ইতিহাস
  • 04-07-2021 06:57 PM

ঐতিহাসিক ভিনসেন্ট স্মিথ জানাচ্ছেন, ---

"The Sultan was very diligent in providing slaves, and he carried his care so as to command his great fief holders and offeicers to capture slaves whenever they were at war, and to pick out and send the best for the service of the court.-----Those chiefs who brought many slaves received the highest favour----About 12, 000 slaves became artisans of various kinds. Forty thousands were every day in readiness to attend as guards in the Sultana's equipage or at the palace. Altogether, in the city and in the various fields, there were 1, 80, 000 slaves-----. The slaves, of course, all became Muslims, and the proselytism thus effected probably was the chief reason why the sultan favoured the system."-----The Oxford History of India, Page-258: Vincent A. Smith.

আবার আরেক ঐতিহাসিক উইল ডুরাণ্ট বলছেন, ---

"Firoz Shah invaded Bengal, offered a reward for every Hindu head, paid for 1, 80, 000 of them, raided Hindu villages for slaves."-----The Story of Civilization, Page-461: Will Durant.

ঐতিহাসিক স্মিথের ভাষায়, ---

"Such was the origin of a large part of the existing Muslim population. Several other sovereigns continued the process of conversion by bribery."-----The Oxford History of India, Page-259: V.A. Smith.

আরেকটি ঘটনা হলো এই রকম:

পরের ঘটনা ঐতিহাসিক ভিনসেন্ট আর্থার স্মিথের ভাষায়, ---

"I Ordered that the leaders of these people and promoters of this abomination abomination should be put to death. I forbade the infliction of any severe punishment on the Hindus in general, but I destroyed their idol temples and in stead there of raised mosques. The historian witnessed the burning alive of a Brahmin who had practised his rites in public."-----The Oxford History of India, Page-259: V.A.Smith.