Abu Rayhan Beruni or Alberonius (Latin) was a Persian Scholar and polymath of the 11th century. He accompanied Mahmud Ghazani in his conquests to South Asia.Al Beruni was the First Muslim Scholar to study India and its Brahmanical tradition. He is called father of Indology and the first anthropologist. He is called one of the earliest and greatest polymath of the Islamic World.
Mughal Emperor Babur’s daughter, Gulbadan Banu Begum wrote an account of her brother’s life, the Ahval-i HumayunBadshah or the Humayun Nama. The work throws light a feminist perspective and also raises questions on the genre of history writing.
Babur first established himself in Kabul in 1504 A.D. and then pushed steadily southward into India from Afghanistanthrough the Khyber Pass. Later he successfully captured Bhira, Sialkot, and Lahore in Punjab.
Akbar, as well as his mother and other members of his family, were Sunni Hanafi Muslims. After the marriage of Akbar with Jodha Bai of Amber, he abolished the pilgrim tax. He also abolished Jiziya in 1562 CE
Some of the activities which were prevalent during the Delhi Sultanate period are as follows: religious persecution, prohibition of public worship and destruction of temples. These was often vigorously enforced by the early Muslim rulers.
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