Object of Muhammad Ghori
Expedition India
Muhammad Ghori was the
third Muslim invader of India. He came to conquer and annex whereas his two
predecessors, Muhammad-bin Qasim and Mahmood Ghaznavi had come primarily to
punish and to plunder. After consolidating his hold over Gazni, Muhammad Ghori
turned his attention towards the conquest of India due to the following reasons
:
1. Muhammad Ghori was an
ambitious and imperialist Sultan. He was not satisfied with the small kingdom
of Ghor. He wanted to expand the territory of his kingdom and India was the
best suited empire for the fulfillment of his ambitions. Taking the advantage of
India’s political social, religious and military weakness, he turned his
attention to India.
2. There had been
a prolonged tug of war between Ghazni and Ghor. Prior to hisinvasion of India,
Ghori had occupied Ghazni and the sultans of Ghazni had settled in Punjab after
feeding Ghazni. Muhammad Ghori wanted to uproot the Ghaznavids completely. It
had become essential for him to invade Punjab first.
3. The Shia rulers of
Sindh and Multan were against Muhammad Ghori, hence he decided to punish them
on his way to Punjab.
4. Muhammad Ghori was a
staunch Sunni Musalman, hence it was his pious duty to serve Islam and to
expand it among the infidels. To break the idols and to convert the Hindus to
the fold of Islam, he considered his pious duty. Thus we see that religious
motives were also hidden behind his imperialist policy.
5. Greed for gold had
also been a reason of foreign invasion. India was considered a golden bird. To
reap the harvest of gold was one of the prominent aims of the invaders.
Muhammad Ghori also needed money for his central Asian wars and it could be
procured from the temples and kings of India, hence he decided to invade India.
6. The kingdom of Ghor
was surrounded by enemies, however, Muhammad Ghori wanted to enhance his power
and resources by invading India. Though in the beginning he wanted to extend
his territories in Western Asia, he failed to achieve success in his mission.
Later, he directed his attention towards India due to her deplorable political
condition and attained success.
7. The kingdom of Ghor
was newly established. Muhammad Gori intended to enhance its power and prestige
by his wonderful achievements. In this way he should have earned name and fame
in the Islamic world.
No doubt, prior
to him the Arabs and the Turks and invaded India and plundered her wealth but
the aim of the invasion of Muhammad Ghori was a bit different in comparison to
the former aggressors. He was not only motivated by the greed for gold and lust
for power but intended to establish a permanent Turkish empire in India.
Historians are of the opinion that had India not been a country of the
infidels, Muhammad Ghori must have invaded her due to his political ambitions.
In fact, he immortalized his name in the pages of medieval history by launching
incessant attacks on India and establishing a permanent Muslim empire in India.
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