A Ruler’s Quandary

Hare KrishnaBy Mathuresa Dasa

Alauddina Saiyada Hussain Shah Seripha Makka who ruled Bengal from A.D. 1509 to 1532, had two expert and trusted ministers in the brothers Dabhir Kas and Sakara Mallik. The Nawab had recruited the brothers from the aristocratic Karnatic brahmana community, given them Muslim names, and taken satisfaction in seeing them shed Hindu ways and adopt Muslim dress and customs.


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