भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

forcibly converted to Islam. But because of the fondness and infatuation of Alauddin and his son, he was given the title of Khushrukhan and was gradually raised to be the commander of a huge Muslim army to invade the South. Till the moment he became sufficiently powerful, Khushrukhan outwardly maintained his Muslim garb; but as soon as he returned from his southern campaign, he cut off the Muslim Sultan, Mubarik, and crowned himself as Hindu Emperor, proudly proclaiming that he was originally a Hindu and that he was re-embracing that religion once again. Not content with this, he reconverted hundreds of such unhappy converts to Hinduism, and changed the Muslim masjids into Hindu temples! The exciting news of this unheard of but successful attack of Hindutwa (हिंदुत्व) upon the Muslim empire and Muslim religion had already reached the farthest corners of India. Naturally, when Harihar and Bukka were stationed at Delhi as captive Muslim converts at the orders of the Muslim Sultan, they must have heard the excited discussions about this very recent happening, which must have egged them on to attempt some such seemingly impossible feat of escaping to the Deccan with a large army. So, they must have simulated to Mohammed Tughlak that they were staunch Muslims and as such deserved his fullest confidence, and that is why Mohammed Tughlak appointed Harihar and Bukka at the head of Muslim army in that region. When Mohammed Tughlak shifted his capital from Devgiri to Delhi, he could not keep sufficient army in the South to protect the imperial territory in the Deccan. So, when the news of the probable rising of the Hindus came to his ears, he decided to send these two warriors to strengthen the imperial position in the south, because in the first place, they were closely connected with the royal Hindu families of the Deccan and secondly, because they were now trustworthy Muslims. Harihar and Bukka, too, got the wishes for opportunity and showed all the eagerness to execute the tasks set to them. It was an established practice of the Sultans of Delhi to send the converted Hindus to extend the imperial boundaries and such attempts bore rich fruit, as can be seen in the case of Maliq Kafur and others. With the apparent determination to destroy the Hindu revolts in the Deccan, Harihar and Bukka took leave of the Sultan and with the Muslim army, went straight to their own States of Anagondi and Warangal. 865. In all probability, they must have passed on to Shree Swami Vidyaranya and the rest of the Hindu kings in unmistakable terms, the information as to their secret plans and their real intention, long before they