Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(from Insha-i-Mahry by Amud Din Abdullah bin Mahru)
Delhi: -a punishment in detail (from
Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi)
"A report was brought to the Sultan than
there was in Delhi an old Brahman who persisted in publicly performing
the worship of idols in his house and that people of the city, both
Muslims and Hindus used to resort to his house to worship the idol. The
Brahman had constructed a wooden tablet which was covered within and
without with paintings of demons and other objects. An order was
accordingly given to the Brahman and was brought before Sultan.The true
faith was declared to the Brahman and the right course pointed out. but
he refused to accept it. A pile was risen on which the Kaffir with his
hands and legs tied was thrown into and the wooden tablet on the top.
The pile was lit at two places his head and his feet. The fire first
reached him in the feet and drew from him a cry and then fire completley
enveloped him. Behold Sultan for his strict adherence to law and
rectitude."
Delhi : (after Hindus paid the
toleration tax (zar-i zimmiya) and poll-tax(jizya) they were
foolish enough to build their temples.so...) "Under divine guidance I (Sultan)
destroyed these temples and I killed the leaders of these infedility and
others I subjected to stripes and chastisement "
Gohana (Haryana):
"Some Hindus had erected a new
idol-temple in the village of Kohana and the idolaters used to assemble
there and perform their idolatrous rites. These people were seized and
brought before me. I ordered that the perverse conduct of these leaders
of this wickedness be punished by publicly abd that they should be put
to deathe before the gate of the palace."
Jajnagar:(Expedition objectives as
stated by Sultan: Source:Ainn-ul-Mulk)
-
massacring the unbelievers
-
demolishing their temples
-
hunting the elephants
-
getting a glimpse of their enchanting
country
Orissa:'Sirat-i-Firoz Shahi'
records his expedition with the following words:
"Nearly 100,000 men of Jajnagar had
taken refuge with their women, children, kinsmen and relations The
swordsmen of Islam turned the island into a basin of blood by the
massacre of the unbelievers. Women with babies and pregnant ladies
were haltered, manacled, fettered and enchained, and pressed as slaves
into service in the house of every soldier."