title: Muslims in the Indian subcontinent: Chronology
author:  Akram Zahoor 
description: The conflict between Hindus and Muslims in the Indian subcontinent has a complex history which can be said to have begun with the Jihad of the Umayyad
zlib_text: VOICE OF INDIA
  Indian Muslims: Who are
  They?
  K S Lal
  Voice of India
  
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  Contents
  Indian Muslims: Prologue
  Chapter 1 - Early Muslims
  Chapter 2 - Rise of Muslims under the Sultanate
  Chapter 3 - Proselytization in Provincial Muslim Kingdoms
  Chapter 4 - Growth under the Mughals
  Chapter 5 - Factors Contributing to the Growth of Muslim Population
  Chapter 6 - Factors which Checked Islamization of India
  Epilogue
  Bibliography
  
  3
  Indian Muslims: Prologue
  There are books on Indian Muslims like M. Mujeeb’s The Indian Muslims (George Allen & Unwin,
  London, 1967) and Ram Gopal’s Indian Muslims (Asia Publishing House, Bombay, 1959). There
  are journals, Articles, and Letters to the Editor on Indian Muslims or Muslim Indians. But who
  are these Indian Muslims?
  M. Mujeeb answers:
  whoever they may be, and wherever they may be in India, the Indian
  Muslims take themselves for granted (p.9). It is indeed not necessary to attempt a meticulous
  definition of Indian Muslims because they are so keen on asserting t