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Ali Mech

Ali Mech was a tribal chief in the 13th century CE, in the region of present-day north of Bengal [ 1 ] belonging to the Mech people . He is said to have helped Bakhtiyar Khalji ...

Ali Mech was a tribal chief in the 13th century CE, in the region of present-day north of Bengal[1] belonging to the Mech people. He is said to have helped Bakhtiyar Khalji during his Tibet campaign and converted to Islam under his influence.

Biography

Ali Mech is considered the first Muslim convert in North Bengal.[2][3][4] In the wake of Ali Mech's conversion to Islam, some Mech and Koch tribes also adopted the faith.[5][6] The modern descendants of these converts are the Deshi people.[5]

As a tribal chief in the foothills of the North of Bengal,[7] he aided Bakhtiyar Khilji in his failed invasion of Tibet in 1206 by acting as a guide.[8]

E. A. Gait mentions that he guided Bakhtyar Khalji march northwards along the right bank of the Karatoya river (present-day Bangladesh) for ten days, through a country inhabited by the Koch, Mech and Tharu (Terai) tribes.

Ali Mech supposedly bears a Muslim first name because he was fond of Islam and accepted it. Soon hundreds of Mech inhabitants converted to Islam as they were lightly exposed to Brahmanic culture, and were considered to be Yavanas or polluted outsiders by the AryanHindus lords as well as growing oppression in the hands of their Hindu lords and its caste system and traditions.[9][10][11]

References

  1. Siddiq, Mohammad Yusuf (2015). Epigraphy and Islamic Culture: Inscriptions of the Early Muslim Rulers of Bengal (1205–1494). Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-317-58746-0.
  2. Siddiq, Mohammad Yusuf (2015). Epigraphy and Islamic Culture: Inscriptions of the Early Muslim Rulers of Bengal (1205–1494). Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-317-58746-0.
  3. Saikia, Arunabh. "'We don't want to be identified on the basis of our religion,' say Assam's indigenous Desi Muslims". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  4. ^ Nath, Monoj Kumar (29 de marzo de 2021). La cuestión musulmana en Assam y el noreste de la India . Taylor y Francisco. pag. 23.ISBN  978-1-000-37027-0.
  5. ^ Nath , Monoj Kumar (2021). La cuestión musulmana en Assam y el noreste de la India . Taylor y Francisco. pag. 23.ISBN  978-1-000-37027-0.
  6. Ahmed, Haamim KJ (12 de septiembre de 2018). "La etnicidad de los musulmanes asamés" . The Hills Times . Archivado del original el 25 de julio de 2021. Recuperado el 25 de julio de 2021 .
  7. Siddiq, Mohammad Yusuf (2015). Epigrafía y cultura islámica: inscripciones de los primeros gobernantes musulmanes de Bengala (1205-1494) . Routledge. pág. 36. ISBN  978-1-317-58746-0.
  8. ^ Nadwi, Abu Bakr Amir-uddin (2004). El Tíbet y los musulmanes tibetanos . Traducido por Sharma, Parmananda. Dharamsala: Biblioteca de archivos y obras tibetanas. págs. 43 y 44. ISBN  978-81-86470-35-0.
  9. Siddiq, Mohammad Yusuf (2015). Epigrafía y cultura islámica: inscripciones de los primeros gobernantes musulmanes de Bengala (1205-1494) . Routledge. págs. 35-36 . ISBN  978-1-317-58746-0Su adhesión al sistema de castas les impidió establecer raíces con la población local. La religión védica que los arios trajeron consigo nunca echó raíces fuertes entre la gente local de la región. Este podría ser uno de los factores que llevaron a una buena parte de la población Mlecchas (como la tribu Mech en el norte, según Tabaqat -i-Nasiri ) a cooperar con los conquistadores musulmanes identificados por los hindúes arios (védicos) como Yavanas (palabra originalmente sánscrita que significa forasteros/extranjeros contaminados).
  10. Gait, Edward (1906). Historia de Assam . Thacker, Spink & Company. ISBN 978-0-404-16819-3.{{cite book}}: Incompatibilidad de ISBN/Fecha ( ayuda )
  11. Roy, Gautam Chandra (2015-06-05). "Negociando con el paisaje cambiante: el caso de la comunidad Rajbanshi" . Economic and Political Weekly : 7–8 . Incluso Richard Eaton (Eaton 2014: 118) observa que "los conversos musulmanes en Bengala eran principalmente de los grupos indígenas Rajbanshi, Pod, Chandal, Kuch y otros que habían estado ligeramente expuestos a la cultura brahmánica.
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