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Early Muslim Invasion of Assam
Turko-Afghan Invasions
- The Turko-Afghans conquered North India in the early years of the 13th century A.D. and spread eastward. Bengal came under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate in 1205 A.D. Then the invaders turned towards Kamrup.
- The first Turko-Afghan invader of Kamrup was Ikhtiyaruddin Muhammad Bakhtyar Khalji. He invaded Kamrup in 1206 A.D. which was also the first Muhammadan invasion of the land.
- Kamrup was then ruled by a powerful kingdom, the Tabaqati-Nasiri of Minhajuddin Siraj who called him the ‘Rai of Kamrud’ or Raja (King).
- But Bakhtyar after crossing the Barnadi, a channel of the Brahmaputra over a stone bridge, the Raja of Kamrup and his men launched a surprise attack at night.
- The victory of ...
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