History Learner
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As the title says, what would it take to have India (Hindustan?) become majority Muslim? At least clear majority, so 50-60% of the population in the Subcontinent must be Islamic in faith.
One idea I've had is somehow diverting the Turkic migrations/conquest spree from the wider Middle East into just a Persia event and from there it's a stepping stone into India. We thus get the "Seljuk Turks" creating the "Sultanate of Delhi" perhaps a couple of centuries sooner and from there a steady of steppe Islamic warriors are constantly filtering into the region. The power of the organized Islamic entities may wane, but the long term picture seems them gradually expanding deeper and deeper into India, much the same as happened in Anatolia.
One idea I've had is somehow diverting the Turkic migrations/conquest spree from the wider Middle East into just a Persia event and from there it's a stepping stone into India. We thus get the "Seljuk Turks" creating the "Sultanate of Delhi" perhaps a couple of centuries sooner and from there a steady of steppe Islamic warriors are constantly filtering into the region. The power of the organized Islamic entities may wane, but the long term picture seems them gradually expanding deeper and deeper into India, much the same as happened in Anatolia.
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