Were the Suri Muslims Who Fought with Maharana Pratap “Jihadis” or “Terrorists”?کیا مہارانا پرتاپ کے ساتھ لڑنے والے سوری مسلمان “جہادی” یا “دہشت گرد” تھے؟History, Memory, and the Danger of Modern Labelsتاریخ، یادداشت اور جدید لیبلنگ کا خطرہIntroduction | تعارفEnglish:
, Were the Suri Muslims Who Fought with Maharana Pratap “Jihadis” or “Terrorists”? کیا مہارانا پرتاپ کے ساتھ لڑنے والے سوری مسلمان “جہادی” یا “دہشت گرد” تھے؟ History, Memory, and the Danger of Modern Labels تاریخ، یادداشت اور جدید لیبلنگ کا خطرہ Introduction | تعارف English: History does not survive only in textbooks. Sometimes it lives in family memory—stories of migration, survival, and loss passed from generation to generation. Your family history speaks of Bechan Suri, whose ancestors crossed the river Ganga by floating on bundles of paddy plants, simply to survive. The exact reason for this migration has faded—whether famine, political violence, or local conflict—but one truth remains undeniable: 👉 This was displacement, not invasion. Connected to this memory is a well-known historical figure: Hakim Khan Suri, a Muslim commander who fought alongside Maharana Pratap against Akbar’s Mughal forces at the Battle of Haldighati (1576). Today, some people ask a disturbi...