Effects of Islamic South Asia

[bpbruce]

When Persia went Islamic, it was the Islam of Hussein- a claimant for the rule of all Islam who lost. An equivalent for India would require a unified Islam, political and religious both under a monarchy so when a heir lit out for South Asia he could claim to be the real ruler. Maybe a Hidden Imam?

 

[Vikayak Devagiri]

It was Sindh which conquare around 700 AD , and Afghanistan around1000 AD, but were defeat in main land India by Rajput untill 1200 , which is mainly India hinterland we will have to talk about it.
Sindhu always remain independent of any big Indian empire in Mughal time also .

Yes, But Sindh was always considered a part of the India Cultural Unit, which is why I said over a 1000 years of conquest

 

[Vikayak Devagiri]

When Persia went Islamic, it was the Islam of Hussein- a claimant for the rule of all Islam who lost. An equivalent for India would require a unified Islam, political and religious both under a monarchy so when a heir lit out for South Asia he could claim to be the real ruler. Maybe a Hidden Imam?

Who knows, perhaps local elements are bought in This version of Islam, like Incorporation of Buddhist Philosophies

 

[Koprulu Mustafa Pasha]

Would this India be almost exclusively Muslim or would there be sizable Hindu pockets in Southern India and the Northeast/Seven Sisters?

U the Safavid rule, Zoroastrians had decent numbers. I don't know their size but 4-5% would be possible in 1500 I guess..? Unless there are zealous rulers like the Safavids were until the rule of Abbas the Great, odds are Hinduism would theoretically survive in pocket region. Huge numbers but relatively very low.

Or I am wrong and most of the existing Iranian Zoroastrians got destroyed during the Timurid conquest.

 

[Vikayak Devagiri]

U the Safavid rule, Zoroastrians had decent numbers. I don't know their size but 4-5% would be possible in 1500 I guess..? Unless there are zealous rulers like the Safavids were until the rule of Abbas the Great, odds are Hinduism would theoretically survive in pocket region. Huge numbers but relatively very low.

Or I am wrong and most of the existing Iranian Zoroastrians got destroyed during the Timurid conquest.

Majority of Zoroastrians were coverted in Iran, I was expecting a similiar type of scenario in India

 

[Koprulu Mustafa Pasha]

Majority of Zoroastrians were coverted in Iran, I was expecting a similiar type of scenario in India

They were. What I meant was that there existed a sizable community until the 15th/16th century. Whatever remained was largely destroyed by the Timurids or Safavids.

Your scenario would work out but there would still be a sizable Hindu minority. I think like 5-6% or something. Located in remote regions.

 

[Vikayak Devagiri]

They were. What I meant was that there existed a sizable community until the 15th/16th century. Whatever remained was largely destroyed by the Timurids or Safavids.

Your scenario would work out but there would still be a sizable Hindu minority. I think like 5-6% or something. Located in remote regions.

Yeah we could see that, they could also be a protected community by the Indian Govt