Zaid Hamid:BrassTacks-Yeh Ghazi Episode11; Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi Part4BackBrassTacks program Yeh Ghazi on Timeline of the Muslim History. In this episode Zaid Hamid discusses the campaigns of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi in the subcontinent. It was Hindus who took the offensive & their Raja Jay Pal launched an assault on Ghazni during the time of Mahmud's father Sebuktagin. He suffered a demoralizing defeat & lost fair proportion of his land.When Sultan Mahmud came to power he again took the field to avenge his defeat. But this time the thrashing was even greater & so much was he disheartened by this that he committed suicide.Sultan Maḥmud was the first to carry the banner of Islām into the heart of India Sultan Mahmud was one of the greatest Iconoclasts in the History. When approached to spare the idol of Thanesar, highly revered by the Hindus, in exchange of substantial "annual tribute and fifty elephants and jewels to a considerable amount", Mahmud simply turned it down saying: "The religion of the faithful inculcates the following tenet: 'That in proportion as the tenets of the Prophet are diffused, and his followers exert themselves in the subversion of idolatry, so shall be their reward in heaven;' that therefore, it behoved him, with the assistance of God, to root out the worship of idols from the face of India. How, then, should he spare Thanesar?" He repeated similar sentiments when, at Somnath, he was offered a huge compensation to spare the idol. Even his nobles pointed to him that "he could not obtain so much treasure by breaking the idol, and the proferred money would be very serviceable." His reply was simple and straightforward. He preferred the glory of his religion above any booty. He said: "I know this, but I desire that on the day of resurrection I should be summoned with the words 'Where is that Mahmud who broke the greatest of heathen idols?' rather than by these: 'Where is that Mahmud who sold the greatest of the idols to the infidels for gold?'" He razed the temple to the ground and broke the idol into four pieces. Firishta writes "two pieces of the idol were to be broken off and sent to Ghazni so that one might be thrown at the threshold of the public mosque and the other at the court door of his own palace. These identical fragments are to this day (now 600 year ago) to be seen at Ghizany. Two more fragments were reserved to be sent to Mecca and Medina." Though a zealous champion of Islām, he never treated his Indian subjects harshly nor did he ever impose the Islāmic religion on them. He maintained a large contingent of Hindu troops, commanded by their own countrymen, whom he employed with great success against his religionists in Central Asia. Conversion to Islām was never a condition of service in the Sultans army. Sultan Mahmud virtually obliterated the Fitna-e-Qaramitah who after being thumped by the Abbasids had got settled in Multan & established their centre here. May Allah SWT have mercy on him Yeh Ghazi Yeh Teray Pur Asrar Banday Jinhain Tunay Bakhsha hai Zauq-e-Khudai Do Neem Un ki Thokar say Sahra o Darya Simat kar Pahaar In ki Haybat say Rayi Do Aalam say Karti hai Baygaana Dil ko Ajab cheez hai Lazzat-e-Aashnayi Shahadat hai Matloob o Maqsood-e-Momin Na Maal-e-Ghaneemat na Kishwar Kushayi Dilay Mard-e-Momin main phir zinda kar day Woh Bijli thi keh Na'ara-e-La Tadar main Azayim ko seenom main baydaar kar day Nigha-e-Muslim ko Talwar kar day (Iqbal) Category: People Uploaded: September 12th, 2008 @ 4:33 pm Author: khawajak Length: 05:53 Rating: Views: Tags: brasstacks zaidhamid sultanmahmud yehghazi sebuktagin ghazni mahmudghaznavi jaypal somnath thanesar kalinjer muslimgeneral muslimhero iconoclast iconoclasm butshikan mahmoodghaznavi afghanistan khoresan qaramitah fitnaqaramitah multan lahore ayaz mahmudayaz muslimhistory islaminsubcontinent Related Video Links:» View Video Comments For Zaid Hamid:BrassTacks-Yeh Ghazi Episode11; Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi Part4 » View khawajak's Other Uploaded Videos Video Thumbnails:Video Embedding Code:* Embed this video on your website, social bookmark, myspace, or blog. |
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