What was the motive behind Muhammad ghori in India
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Muhammad Ghori born Shihab ad-Din is credited with laying the foundation of Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent, which lasted for several centuries. He reigned over a territory spanning over parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, north India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. He is credited with the defeat of Prithviraj and Raja Jaichand of Kannauj.
In 1186 and 1187 he conquered Lahore in alliance with a local Hindu ruler, ending the Ghaznavid empire and bringing the last of Ghaznavid territory under his control, and seemed to be the first Muslim ruler seriously interested in expanding his domain in the sub-continent, and like his predecessor Mahmud initially started off against the Ismaili kingdom of Multan that had regained independence during the Nizari conflicts, and then onto booty and power.
He was assassinated on 15 March 1206, while offering his evening prayers. The identity of Ghori's assassins is disputed, with some claiming that he was assassinated by local Hindu Gakhars and others claiming he was assassinated by Hindu Khokhars, both being different tribes.
The motives behind his invasion where :
Spread of Islam : Islam inspired a war like sprit and national consciousness among the Arabs who decided to spread their new religion and carry on military conquest all over the world. Within a century, the Arabs established a vast empire which extended from the Atlantic sea in the West to banks of the river Indus in the East and from the Caspian Sea in the North to the valley of the river Nile in the South. Afterwards the Arabs built Baghdad near the ruins of Babylon and started the conquest of the world.
Mahmud first consolidated his position in Herat, Balkh and Bust and then conquered Khurasan .Khalifa Al Qadir Billah accepted him as the ruler of these provinces and confirmed on him the titles of Yamin-ud-Daulah and Amin-ud-Millah.
It is said that “on the occasion of his investiture by the Khalifa Ghazni took a vow to organize every year a raid into India“.
In pursuance of his vow he invaded India many times and as to the actual number of his inroads historians differ.
Expansion of his Kingdom : Muhammad was an ambitious, greedy aggressive ruler. Like all great rulers of the age he wanted to expand his empire for power and glory.
The royal families of Ghur and Ghazni were hereditary enemies and by that time, the Ghaznavids still ruled in the Punjab. Muhammad wanted to recover Sindh and Punjab in India, so that he could finish remaining strength of Ghanvavids.
Muhammad also desired to acquire wealth from India and also to extend the sway of Islam.
The rising power of the Khwarizmi Empire severely limited the Central Asian ambitions of the Ghurids. Khurasan, which was the bone of contention between the two, after being conquered by the Khwarizmi Shah left no option for the Ghurids but to look for expansion towards India.