Muslims debating Punjab history

[amardeep]

Very interesting to see how Muslims view Punjab history compared to how we view it.

If you know of other similiar discussions please do post.

http://defence.pk/threads/afghan-invaders-and-waris-shah.320499/

 

 

[amardeep]

Interesting post on page 8:

It seems to me that waris shah was supporter of Sikh misals and disliked feudal set up. Dr Manzur Ejaz in his article writes,
"During Waris Shah's lifetime not only was the Delhi thrown rotated among many incompetent rulers, but Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marhattas were constantly ruling Punjab and North India. On top of that, the Sikh guerilla movement led by sections of poor Jatts was establishing misals (territories comprised of a few districts or smaller units) in the entire region. On a practical level, the Mughal empire's hold in Punjab had come to an end, the local Sikh misal chiefs were providing security to villages and towns for a small fee in comparison to the Mughal rulers' taking of half or one-third of the crop. Consequently, the farmers and peasantry were much more prosperous and the urban elites' living in the Mughal revenue system, for the latter were mostly impoverished. Waris Shah said:

The Jatts became rulers of the land and every place has its own governance. The aristocracy is ruined, the working class is refreshed [better off] and the land owners are blooming [with prosperity].

Waris shah was poor and his hometown was dominated by feudal pathans. According to Dr Manzur Ejaz,
"Waris Shah was born in Jandiala Sher Khan, Sheikhupura, a small town about 40 kilometers from Lahore. The town was dominated by Afghan Pathans who were the major landowners. It seems from circumstantial evidence that Waris Shah's father, Gulshar Shah, must have been living a modest life as the town's religious teacher or "paish imam". The absence of any family monastery and the poor condition of Waris Shah's grave till the 1960s shows that his family was not rich. Further, his documented wandering in the Sahiwal-Pakpattan area and his choice of Malka Hans's mosque also shows that his family was unable to support an unemployed poet."

Waris Shah has not written much about his hometown's suffering but he lamented the plundering of Kasur which was then highest seat of learning and he was educated there himself.

From the entire country of Punjab I am extremely saddened about Kasur (Pathan colony of Kasur was plundered by sikhs in may 1763, they were allied with abdali and were facing constant invasions from sikhs, why waris didnt use word kuttian for sikhs?)

History: This wanting world by Dr Manzur Ejaz

Source: http://defence.pk/threads/afghan-invaders-and-waris-shah.320499/page-8#ixzz4Fq8UA3Pl

 

 

[amardeep]

Other interesting debates.

 

http://defence.pk/threads/sikh-warrior-hari-singh-nalwa-tops-list-of-top-ten-world-conquerors.393349/

 

http://defence.pk/threads/is-it-possible-that-some-sikhs-have-muslim-ancestry.326666/#post-5991851

 

http://defence.pk/threads/defeat-of-sikhs-by-dilasa-khan-bannuchi.341889/

http://defence.pk/threads/how-pakistanis-view-indian-kings.438079/

 

http://defence.pk/threads/the-myth-of-pashtuns-never-been-ruled-and-reality-check-for-afghans.354933/#post-6686375

http://defence.pk/threads/hari-singh-nalwas-defeat-at-nara-1824-a-d-at-the-hands-of-mashwanis-and-said-khanis.346183/#post-6492808

 

http://defence.pk/threads/defeat-of-sikh-army-and-death-of-hari-singh-nalwa-in-battle-of-jamrud.342087/page-8#post-6397430