08-13-2008, 08:40 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Aug 12 2008, 09:11 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Aug 12 2008, 09:11 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I have read Taimur's memoirs where he most particularly mentions how during his invasion of North India, he picked up the Hindu architects and chief masons (besides elephants) and took them to his capital for the purpose of building mosques, and a grand tomb for himself in which he was interred later. He most contemptuously though humbly admits that only wretched hanood kafirs knew how to construct so beautifully.
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Yes, Timur sent streams and streams of kaffr artisans from Hind to embellish Samarqand. The so called Timurid architectural efflorescence was a result of these same artisans from our desh Dilli, Meerut, Jammu, Kangra etc. There are surviving central Asian registries listing these thousands of slaves taken from India. Not surprisingly the seculars have suppressed this work from gaining greater currency. Further, we also know that Babur disdainfully declares that he could indulge in big construction work because the kaffirs are available as artisans.
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Yes, Timur sent streams and streams of kaffr artisans from Hind to embellish Samarqand. The so called Timurid architectural efflorescence was a result of these same artisans from our desh Dilli, Meerut, Jammu, Kangra etc. There are surviving central Asian registries listing these thousands of slaves taken from India. Not surprisingly the seculars have suppressed this work from gaining greater currency. Further, we also know that Babur disdainfully declares that he could indulge in big construction work because the kaffirs are available as artisans.