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Muhammad of Ghor
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“Other monarchs may have one son or two sons; I have thousands of sons, my Turkish slaves who will be the heirs of my dominions, and who, after me, will take care to preserve my name in the Khuṭbah (Friday sermon) throughout these territories”
Muhammad of Ghor (1144–1206) said by 1206 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jackson, Peter (2003). The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History. Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-521-54329-3.
“Since the time of my defeat in Hindustan, I have never slumbered in ease, or waked, but in sorrow and anxiety. I have, therefore, determined, with this army, to recover my lost honour from those idolaters, or die in the attempt.”
Muhammad of Ghor (1144–1206) said by 1206 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Elliot and Dowson, The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol. 2, 174 ff quoted in Sandeep Balakrishna - Invaders and Infidels_ From Sindh to Delhi_ The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions. Bloomsbury …