Why do Pakistanis consider Mahmud Ghazni, Mohammad Ghauri and Aurangzeb Great Muslims?

i dont know much about ghazni and ghauri but I believe Aurangzeb was one of the greatest muslim rulers. Not because he ruled for a long time or made policies which non-muslims did not like, but because having so much power he lived a simple life according to teaching of Quran.He was a true muslim unlike his forefather.
For a Muslim, the rules made by Allah come first then anything else, does not matter whether someone like it or not and this is how Aurangzeb lived his life. We are proud of him!

PS:Also I am certainly not Behram.

I know you do operate under 10 different nicks but no point accusing others of being similarly dishonest.

I am a Muslim and proud to be a Muslim. However I never happy what these ancestors did. Don`t see the kings look and study the people like Shah Abdul latif Bhatai Lal Shah Baz Qalander, Kkuaja Ajmir and Many in Punjab such as Baba Fareed Ganj Shaker or Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhash. These were the true Muslims. Remember people of Sind ask for the help against a cruel Raja Dahir. Kings and Rajas are always same as you can see the political condition in both countries. We all are facing the same problems.

Pakistanis missed the boat by misinterpreting ``Prithvi`` as in Prithviraj Chauhan (the unlucky Rajasthani King), and hastiliy named their missile as ``Ghauri``, who vanquished not only Prithviraj Chauhan but destroyed the entire region. The joke is on our esteemed neighbor.

Not everyone really knows about them. It`s just names, and names are used for any purpose.

Aurangzeb is a very different case than Ghauri et al. But even there, there`s more to it than meets the eye. You cannot simply ascribe it to lust etc if you have read history carefully and without prejudice.

Hindus in general don`t regard Aurangzeb a good man either but the fact the remains that he was a better administrator than some of the other kings of his time and also less cruel than some of the Hindu despots.

Its easy to generalise...Aurenzeb isn`t perceived by pashtuns as a good man those who have read about him know of his brutality and hypocricy in putting down the rebellion of Khushal Khan Khattak, conversely Ahmad Shah Abdali is considered a hero by Pan Islamists and Pashtuns but many in punjab still speak of his name with dread.

Yes.

Though Aurangzeb wasn`t so bad apart from being an obsessive muslim.
And heros were actually people like Kabir, Nanak and other wandering saints with their simple but incisive ability to think rationally

Dear Mr Kuulshrestha...

You have broached an important topic.

This has more to do with ``myth-making`` as some form of anti-imperialist resistance... before the fall of Mughal Empire, Mahmud Ghaznavi for example was seen as simply another conqueror - like Alexandar- amongst Muslims. They did look up to Mughal rule as a sense of achievement...

So what happened... a man of no less stature than Mahadev Gobind Ranade reinvented Shivaji as a great Hindu hero... to instill a sense of national pride... at the time many Muslim organisations were already in operation like the future Congress allies the Deobandi Mullahs... and they wanted heroes of their own... so they reinvented Aurangzeb, Ghauri and Ghaznavi as heroes... And while these people were not heroes, they were no more plunderers than any king of their time... infact you might be surprised but Mahmud Ghaznavi and Aurangzeb`s leading generals were Hindus...


Still balance on both sides is required to reassess the role of all invaders... and rebels etc.