I have some #MustKnow facts that not just history lovers but the whole world would want to know!
And No, there wasn’t an ‘exchange’ of anything of the sorts, it was a one sided ‘loot’ not just in Bharat but in every land they raided!!
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And No, there wasn’t an ‘exchange’ of anything of the sorts, it was a one sided ‘loot’ not just in Bharat but in every land they raided!!
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https://twitter.com/gujarathistory/status/1320426760941391872
A little bit of background before we talk about Bharatvarsh:
Skilled merchants and traders of pre izlamik Quraysh tribe inhabited Mecca, they were also in control of the pagan shrine called Kabah until the 6 th century.
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Skilled merchants and traders of pre izlamik Quraysh tribe inhabited Mecca, they were also in control of the pagan shrine called Kabah until the 6 th century.
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https://twitter.com/meenakshisharan/status/1008020778200154113
On 16 July 622, fearing persecution by Quraish aristocracy, poverty stricken Mu & 82 of his relatives migrated from Mecca to Yathrib where the polytheistic Arabs & Jews lived. Yathrib came to be called Madinat an-Nabi &
that time, Hijrah, an epoch in the izlamik calendar.
that time, Hijrah, an epoch in the izlamik calendar.
The Meccan caravans that passed by Medina were regularly raided by these migrants.
Their motivation was the booty, sex slaves distributed among them by gheir leader & reservation in jannat with 72 virgins, 28 pearly eyed boys & sea of liquor.
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Their motivation was the booty, sex slaves distributed among them by gheir leader & reservation in jannat with 72 virgins, 28 pearly eyed boys & sea of liquor.
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AD 627, richest of Jewish tribe, Banu Qurayza of Yathrib was attacked.
“Apostle sent Sa’d b. Zyad Al Ansari to Najad with women of Banu Qurayza taken captive after slaughtering en masse their men in the market of Madina, & sold them for horses & weapons.”
- Ibn Ishaq.
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“Apostle sent Sa’d b. Zyad Al Ansari to Najad with women of Banu Qurayza taken captive after slaughtering en masse their men in the market of Madina, & sold them for horses & weapons.”
- Ibn Ishaq.
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Coming back to the one sided loot & deceit:
Debal in Sindh was garrisoned by 4000 Khatriyas. 3000 Brahmins and 700 devadasis served the Temple of Debal. Bin Qasim killed all the armed men aged 17 & above & took the women as slaves.
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Debal in Sindh was garrisoned by 4000 Khatriyas. 3000 Brahmins and 700 devadasis served the Temple of Debal. Bin Qasim killed all the armed men aged 17 & above & took the women as slaves.
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6000 men were killed in 3 days in Rawar, 60,000 we’re taken slaves, 30 young royal girls were sent to Hajjaj who forwarded them to Walid Khalipha.
Mahmud Ghaznavi in 1001, captured 50,000 & In Thanesar 2,00,000 were enslaved, the huge wealth looted goes without saying.
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Mahmud Ghaznavi in 1001, captured 50,000 & In Thanesar 2,00,000 were enslaved, the huge wealth looted goes without saying.
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https://twitter.com/meenakshisharan/status/1265539132358615040
You would obviously ask, how was it that such huge number of #Hindus were enslaved, did they not fight or resist?
There was determined resistance even from common families, entire village/ town, they were determined to fight or sink together..!
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There was determined resistance even from common families, entire village/ town, they were determined to fight or sink together..!
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