Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 13 It became, indeed, a question whether the followers of Kabir and N finak were not destined to become exterminated under the persecutions to which they were exposed in the reign of Aurangzib. Under that Emperor India suffered everywhere from an outburst Of Muhammadan fanaticism. Nor was the stability Of Islam shaken or its hold over the people of India weakened, when the political power of the Muhammadans declined. On the contrary, the number Of Muslims increased, and their bigotry and intolerance gathered strength in Opposition to the advance Of British domination, and the diffusion of European knowledge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.