Mughals were persecuted and massacred in thousands themselves, by the Sultan of Delhi, until they converted to the religion of peace, and even later.
Writes Sir William Wilson Hunter in The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1886:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->...finally Mugals having failed in their repeated attempts to capture Punjab, took service in great numbers with Sultans of Delhi. Under slave kings, the Mugal mercanaries had become so powerful as to be required to be massacred in 1286. About 1291, three thousand Mughals, converted from their old Tartaric rites into Muhammedenism, received a suburb in Delhi, still known as Mugalpora, for their residence. Other immigrants of Mughal mercenaries followed. After various plots, Alauddin slaughtered 15000 of the settlers, and sold their families as slaves in 1311.
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In Humayun's time they were forced to convert to Shiaite islam, at the behest of Iran's emporer, as a price to receive his military support in Humayun's campaign to re-capture Delhi.
Writes Sir William Wilson Hunter in The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1886:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->...finally Mugals having failed in their repeated attempts to capture Punjab, took service in great numbers with Sultans of Delhi. Under slave kings, the Mugal mercanaries had become so powerful as to be required to be massacred in 1286. About 1291, three thousand Mughals, converted from their old Tartaric rites into Muhammedenism, received a suburb in Delhi, still known as Mugalpora, for their residence. Other immigrants of Mughal mercenaries followed. After various plots, Alauddin slaughtered 15000 of the settlers, and sold their families as slaves in 1311.
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In Humayun's time they were forced to convert to Shiaite islam, at the behest of Iran's emporer, as a price to receive his military support in Humayun's campaign to re-capture Delhi.