"'Don’t you see that Hindus, who are the worst enemies of God and of Islam, pass daily below my royal palace to the Jamuna beating drums and playing flutes, and practise before our eyes the worship of the idols with all the rituals? Fie on us unworthy leaders who declare ourselves Muslim kings!... Had I been a Muslim ruler, a real king, or a prince and felt myself strong and powerful enough to protect Islam, any enemy of God and the faith of the Prophet of Islam would not have been allowed to chew betels in a care-free manner and put on a clean garment or live in peace."
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Jalal ad-Din Khalji. Diya ad Din Barani, Tarikh i Firozshahi in :Harsh Narain, Myths of Composite Culture and Equality of Religions (1990) p 11. also quoted in different translatino in Jain, M. (2010). Parallel pathways: Essays on Hindu-Muslim relations, 1707-1857. also quoted in Mujeeb 1967:54.
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