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They were domiciled in Afghanistan (land of Afghans, not the country) since ancient times .....Istakhari in 951 AD says "Khalj came to the region between India and Seistan during ancient times.".........Scholars say that these Khiljis in Zabulistan and surrounding areas were none other than...

Dattu Sarwani, a Pashtun soldier of early 16th century

They were Turko-Afghans.........Turk by roots but Afghan by manners, customs and language. Jahan-nama by Najib Bakran , written in 1204 AD, contains an interesting paragraph ; : "The Khalaj are a tribe of Turks who from the Khallukh limits migrated to Zabulistan. Among the districts of Ghazni...

Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji is also noted in history for being one of the few rulers in the world to have repeatedly defeated large Mongol armies. He launched punitive expeditions against Mongols in modern-day Afghanistan. "Ala-ud-Din due to his military reforms, and, partly due to the confusion...

Sultan Nasir-ud-din Ismail Shah Afghan (1346-1347)

Gate of a Mosque built by Hafiz Rahmat Khan (from Barech tribe of Pashtuns), Pillibeat, 1802 Artist and engraver: Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) This mosque at Pilibhit was founded by Hafiz Rahmat Khan, the Afghan Rohilla leader whose jagirs or estates included Pilibhit and Bareilly, where he is...

Abundance and low prices during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi

The word "Hind" has been used in all the Persian scripts of that period and i see nothing wrong with its translation as 'India' in English. Alberuni's famous book is named 'Tarikh al-Hind' , the English translation of which is given "History of India".........Its case is same as translating "...

There were also Arabs and Kurds in Ghaznavid army. According to Baihaqi, Arabs and Kurds formed the bulk of the vanguard of Masud Ghaznavi's army when he marched to Merv in 1040. Arabs were finest cavalry of Ghazvanid forces. In Mahmud's reign, the commander of the Arab cavalry was 'Abdullah...

@Kaptaan read the bold part

What i said exactly was ; Are you disagreeing with me? if yes then why?

I merely corrected Mr-Ottoman who was claiming that "Pakistanis" not Hindus were part of Mahmud Ghaznavi's army. No nation (qaum) by name of Pakistani existed in 10th and 11th century. If you disagree with me then provide the historical source which says that a qaum by name of Pakistani was in...

Mr.Ottoman, no nation by name of Pakistan existed in 10th and 11th centuries AD. The famous historian C.E.Bosworth has consulted following contemporary sources of the Ghaznavid period for the content from which i have taken extracts ; 1- "Kitab-al-Yamini" whose author Utbi was court historian...

10th century sources like Hudud-i-Alam and Surat-ul-ard reveals that much of population of eastern Afghanistan in that period was already Muslim, and even Kabul city had mixed population of Muslims and Hindus under Hindu Shahis. "Sirat-ul-ard" by Arab geographer ibni-Hawkal, written in 977 AD...

I doubt that. The Hindus in Ghaznavid army are clearly mentioned as "ghilman" and "mamalik", meaning slaves......and they were captives from Indian campaigns of Ghaznavids, including Peshawar and Punjab. The free mercenaries in Ghazni's army were either Afghans or Khiljis from the environs of...

Bottom button of his coat is open, a lazy non-model pose, expressions are that of a chaiwala and he is making his runway debut........

The regular slave army , consisting of Turks and Hindus, was the core/nucleus of their army, not the entire army. Large number of Afghans and Khilji nomads, in the surroundings of Ghazni, used to get recruited on the occasions of campaigns . The Hindu soldiers in the contemporary sources have...

The core of the Ghaznavid army was the slave force (ghilman). The slave army of Ghaznavids consisted of Indians/Hindus, Turks and some Tajiks. The Indians/Hindus in the army resembled the Turks in their lack of home ties , lack of local connections. Like Arabs and Kurds, the Indians/Hindus had...

Cannons of Sher Shah Suri