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| '''Gakhars''' (also '''Gakkhar''' or '''Ghakhar''' or '''Ghakkar''') are a ] community living in India and Pakistan with an ancient recorded history, originally belonging to the areas of ] which now fall in the territory of Pakistan. Gakhars |
'''Gakhars''' (also '''Gakkhar''' or '''Ghakhar''' or '''Ghakkar''') are a ] community living in India and Pakistan with an ancient recorded history, originally belonging to the areas of ] which now fall in the territory of Pakistan. Gakhars , | ||
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Gakhars (also Gakkhar or Ghakhar or Ghakkar) are a Punjabi community living in India and Pakistan with an ancient recorded history, originally belonging to the areas of West Punjab which now fall in the territory of Pakistan. Gakhars ,
Conversion to Islam
According to S A A Rizvi {{quote|the motives of Muizzuudin's conquests were no different from those of Mahmud of Ghazni. Both were in need of plunder from India to maintain their slave armies and to attract the wandering bands of Islamicized mercenaries known as "ghazis" to their forces. The Islamicization of India was not their main objective, although some tribal leaders such as the Gakkhars ...