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“Women and children were the prize of the warriors, and as early as the days of Qutbuddin Aibak "even a poor Muslim householder (who was also a soldier) became owner of numerous slaves.”
Qutb al-Din Aibak (1150–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fakhr-i-Mudabbir, Tarikh Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah, p. 20. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1999). Theory and practice of Muslim state in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
“Christ’s death on the Cross should live in our thoughts and imagination, for frequent thought on the Passion of Christ keeps aflame and brings to intense heat the fires of earnest piety.”
Bonaventure (1221–1274) said by 1274 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Such was the will of the Father that his Son, blessed and glorious, whom he gave to us, and who was born for us, should by his own blood, sacrifice, and oblation, offer himself on the altar of the cross, not for himself, by whom "all things were made," but for our sins, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) said by 1226 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sultan Ghiyasu-d Balban was a man of experience in matters of government.”
Ghiyas ud din Balban (1201–1287) said by 1287 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I fear not the passing of youth if the Beloved desert me not; Youth withers and loses bloom without the sustenance of Love... Saith Farid: Sugar and candy, Sweets and honey, rich milk– All these Lord, are sweet; but nothing to Try devotees so sweet as Thou.”
Baba Farid (1175–1265) said by 1265 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Lord came all the way from heaven to earth for us, so we can surely go the short distance from the castle to Eisenach for Him! ... We must not sadden God with sullen looks. Whatever we do, we must do gladly.”
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Schmidt-Pauli (tr. Olga Marx, 1932), p. 109
“Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.”
Albertus Magnus (1200–1280) said by 1280 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Albertus Magnus in: R.C. Bless (1996) Discovering the cosmos. p. 686.
“In the year 159 (AD 776) Al Mahdî sent an army by sea under ‘Abdul Malik bin Shahãbu’l Musamma’î to India… They proceeded on their way and at length disembarked at Barada. When they reached the place they laid siege to it… The town was reduced to extremities, and God prevailed over it in the same year. The people were forbidden to worship the Budd, which the Muhammadans burned.”
Ibn al-Athir (1160–1233) said by 1233 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As Cain was a wanderer and an outcast, not to be killed by anyone but marked with the sign of fear on his forehead, so the Jews ... against whom the voice of the blood of Christ cries out ... although they are not to be killed they must always be dispersed as wanderers upon the face of the earth.”
Pope Innocent III (1160–1216) said by 1216 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Migne, Patrologia, CCXV, 1291. See The Talmud Unmasked by J. B. Pranaitis, p. 89
“釈阿・西行などが最上の秀歌は、詞も優にやさしきうへ、心ことにふかくいはれもある故に、人の口にある歌勝計（しょうけい）すべからず。--『後鳥羽院御口伝』”
後鳥羽天皇 (1180–1239) said by 1239 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Minus enim acceptantur dona, que prestat inuisus. Sane gratiora sunt, que ab amicis porriguntur. Adeo interdum ex offerente oblati precium pendet.”
Saxo Grammaticus (1150–1220) said by 1220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec. 4, para. 3 (ed. Karsten Friis-Jensen, 2015; tr. Peter Fisher, 1979)
“佛道をならふといふは 自己をならふ也 自己をならふといふは 自己をわするるなり 自己をわするるといふは 萬法に證せらるるなり 萬法に證せらるるといふは 自己の身心および他己の身心をして脱落せしむるなり - 一 現成公案”
道元 (1200–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote:ja, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Two persons take trouble in vain, and use fruitless endeavors, — he who acquires wealth without enjoying it, and he who is taught wisdom but does not practice it. How much soever you may study science, when you do not act wisely you are ignorant. The beast whom they load with books is not profoundly learned and wise; what knoweth his empty skull whether he carrieth firewood or books?”
Saadi (1210–1292) said by 1292 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Torah sage ... does not encroach upon another's occupation, nor does he ever cause someone discomfort. The rule is that he should be among the pursued and not the pursuers, among those who accept humiliation but not among those who humiliate others.”
Maimonides (1135–1204) said by 1204 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man as a microcosm contains everything that exists in the macrocosm.”
Najmuddin Kubra (1145–1221) said by 1221 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jalaluddin Khalji led an expedition to Ranthambhor in 1291 AD. On the way he destroyed Hindu temples at Jhain. The broken idols were sent to Delhi to be spread before the gates of the Jama Masjid.”
Jalal-ud-Din Khalji (1220–1296) said by 1296 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni, quoted from Goel, Sita Ram (2001). The story of Islamic imperialism in India. ISBN 9788185990231 Ch. 6
“...the Sultan Jalaldin - valorous and brave, courageous and fearless like some immaterial being, superb, strong and an excellent fighter ..." 13th century Georgian Royal Annals.”
Jalal al-Din Mangburni (1199–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chronicle of Hundred Years ([online text|https://archive.org/details/kartliscxovreba_201409/mode/2up]) Translated by Georgian National Academy of Sciences. Tbilisi. 2014. p.320
“They look, they see, but do not comprehend. They take no pleasure in the View, For to enjoy it one must know through the Truth of Certainty What he is seeing, through Whom, and why.”
Fakhruddin 'Iraqi (1213–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With aversion for sect superiors and their pomp, I have no wish for monk disciples; Not in search of lay supporters, I court the favor of no one.”
Ippen (1239–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“E si tot venta'ill freg'aura, L'amor qu'ins el cor mi pleu Mi ten caut on plus iverna.”
Arnaut Daniel (1150–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[In 1206, Muhammad Ghauri marched to exterminate the recalcitrant Khokhar rebels who had established their sway in regions of Multan. The slaughter of the rebels was so thorough that none survived to light a fire.] ‘Much spoils in slaves and weapons, beyond all enumerations, fell into the possession of the victors’.”
Hasan Nizami (died 1217) said by 1217 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nizami quoted in M.A. Khan , Islamic Jihad: A legacy of forced conversion, imperialism and slavery (2011), quoting quoting Elliot & Dawson, Vol. II
“This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.”
Rumi (1207–1273) said by 1273 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I, 232-3 (tr. Helminski, 1990)
“Meum est propositum in taberna mori: Vinum sit appositum morientis ori, Ut dicant cum venerint angelorum chori, Deus sit propitius huic potatori! Poculis accenditur animi lucerna; Cor imbutum nectare volat ad superna: Mihi sapit dulcius vinum in taberna, Quam quod aqua miscuit præsulis pincerna.”
Walter Map (1140–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Drinking song, forming a portion of his poem, Confessio Goliæ, ll. 45–52. Translated by Leigh Hunt (Addit. MS. 14,343, Brit. Museum): quoted by C. W. Bingham in Notes and Queries, 2nd ser., vol. 8, no. 192 (3 September …