The king, in his zeal to propagate the faith, now marched against the Hindoos of Nagrakote [Nagarkot Kangra], breaking down their idols and razing th… - Mohammed Qacim Ferichta

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The king, in his zeal to propagate the faith, now marched against the Hindoos of Nagrakote [Nagarkot Kangra], breaking down their idols and razing their temples. The fort, at that time denominated the Fort of Bheem, was closely invested by the Mahomedans, who had first laid waste the country around it with fire and sword.'...

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About Mohammed Qacim Ferichta

Firishta or Ferishta(Urdu: فرِشتہ‬‎), full name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah (Urdu: مُحمّد قاسِم ہِندُو شاہ ‬‎), was a Persian historian who was born in 1560 and died in 1620.

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These infidels believe that souls, after death, went before Sumnat [Somnath], who transferred them into other bodies or animals, according to their merits in their former state. The Sultan was also informed that the priests of this God, gave out, that the sins of the people of Delhi and Kinnoge [Kanauj] had incensed him so much, that he abandoned them to the vengeance of the Mussulmen, otherwise that in the twinkling of an eye, he [the God Somnath] could have blasted the whole army of Mahmood [sic]. The Sultan, no ways intimidated by this report, was determined to put the power of the God to a trial, by personally treating him ill. He therefore marched from Ghizni with a numerous army …

In the year AH 817 (AD 1414), Mullik Tohfa, one of the Officers of the King's government was ennobled by the title of Taj-ool-Moolk, and received a special commission to destroy all idolatrous temples, and establish the Mahomedan authority throughout Guzerat; a duty which he executed with such diligence, that the names of Mawass and Girass were hereafter unheard of in the whole kingdom.

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