Fateh Daud

Fateh Daud was the Ismaili Shi'a ruler of Multan.[1] He was deposed by Mahmud of Ghazni,[2] who also massacred the Ismailis in the course of his conquest of Multan.[3]

The Ismaili ruler of Multan fled to a fort where he immured himself and was finally pardoned by Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi on promise of payment of ransom.[4] Abul Fatah Daud offered a yearly tribute of 200,000 golden Dirhams and conversion from Shia Isma'ili fiqh to Sunni Hanafi fiqh. The terms were accepted, and Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi also exacted 2 million dirhams from the population of Multan by force.[5]

"Despite the hostilities of the Ghaznavids and their successors , Ismailism survived in Sindh and later received the protection of the Sumras, who ruled independently from Thatta, for almost three centuries starting 1051 AD."[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Jonah Blank. Mullahs on the mainframe: Islam and modernity among the Daudi Bohras. University of Chicago Press, 2001, Page 37
  2. ↑ Manzoor Ahmad Hanifi. A short history of Muslim rule in Indo-Pakistan. Ideal Library, 1964 page 21
  3. ↑ Farhad Daftary. Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies. Institute of Ismaili Studies, I B Taurius and Company. Page 68
  4. ↑ Samina Rahman. Pre Mughal India. Page 61
  5. ↑ Mahar Abdul Haq Sumra. Historical study of Sumra dynasty of Sindh and Punjab from 11th through mid 14th century.Beacon Books
  6. ↑ Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies, By Farhad Daftary, Institute of Ismaili Studies, I B Taurus and Company. Page 68.
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