Hasan Minhaj Quotes

But, Hasan, you have to be brave, and the courage to do what's right has to be greater than your fear of getting hurt.

we can still disagree, and I can still like love you and see the humanity in you

With high cheekbones come great responsibility.

Ordinarily, captivity for a Rajput was out, of the question; his sense of honour and the dire punishments with which he was visited in case of captivity,[88] excluded any attempt on his part to save his life by surrender. He either died on the field of battle or escaped. But in war civilians and non-combatants could easily be taken. Kafur Hazardinari from Gujarat or Hasan (Khusrau Khan) from Malwa would not be the only ones who were captured. They rose into prominence and therefore the circumstances of their enslavement and conversion are known. Large numbers became Musalmans in this way. Muslim rulers were keen to obtain captives in war and convert them. During warfare it was still more easy to enslave women and children. It was almost a matter of policy with the Turkish rulers and their commanders, from the very start of Muslim rule, to capture and convert or disperse and destory the male population, and carry into slavery women and children. Ibn-ul-Asir says that Qutbuddin Aibak made ‘war against the provinces of Hind  He killed and returned home with prisoners and booty.’[89] In Banaras, according to Ibn-ul-Asir, Shihabuddin’s slaughter of the Hindus was immense, ‘none was spared except women and children,’[90] Who were destined to be made slaves. No wonder that slaves began to fill the household of every Turk from the very inception of Muslim rule in Hindustan. Fakhre Mudabbir informs us that as a result of the Turkish achievements under Muhammad Ghori and Qutbuddin Aibak, ‘even a poor householder (or soldier) who did not possess a single slave (before) became the owner of numerous slaves ’[91] In 1231 Sultan Iltutmish attacked Gwalior, and ‘captured a large number of slaves’.[92] Minhaj Siraj Jurjani writes that ‘his (Balban’s) taking of captives, and his capture of the dependents of the great Ranas cannot be recounted.’[93] Talking of his war in Avadh against Trailokyavarman of the Chandela dynasty (Dalaki wa Malaki of Minhaj), the chronicler says: ‘All the infidel’s wives, sons and dependents  and children  fell into the hands of the victors.’[94] In 1253 in his campaign against Ranthambhor also Balban appears to have captured many prisoners.[95] In 1259, in an attack on Hariyana (the Shiwalik hills), many women and children were enslaved.[96] Twice Balban led expeditions against Kampil, Patiali, and Bhojpur, and in the process captured a large number of women and children. In Katehar he ordered a general massacre of the male population above eight years of age and carried away women and children.[97]