"Turks of pure lineage and Tajiks of noble birth could not tolerate … the tribes of Hind to rule over them."
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Minhaj Jurjani, quoted from K.S. Lal, Indian Muslims, who are they (2012)
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Minhaj-i-Siraj
Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian born in the region of Ghur.
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