Minhaj-i-Siraj on Life
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Minhaj-i-Siraj, catalogued under life, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Minhaj-i-Siraj, entry #174965: "Turks of pure lineage and Tajiks of noble birth could not tolerate … the tribes of Hind to rule over them."
Attributed to Minhaj-i-Siraj, entry #201358: "Sultan Mahmud’s “court was guarded by four thousand Turkish good looking and beardless slave-youths, who, on days of public audience, were stationed on the right and left of thron…"
2 Quotes by Minhaj-i-Siraj on Life
"Turks of pure lineage and Tajiks of noble birth could not tolerate … the tribes of Hind to rule over them."
"Sultan Mahmud’s “court was guarded by four thousand Turkish good looking and beardless slave-youths, who, on days of public audience, were stationed on the right and left of throne,- two thousand of them with caps ornamented with four feathers, bearing golden maces, on the right hand, and the other two thousand, with caps adorned with two feathers, bearing silver maces, on the left… As these youths attained into man’s estate and their beards began to grow, they were attached to a separate corps, and placed occasionally under the command of rulers of provinces."