However, the 11th century Persian poet Mas'ūd Sa'd Salmān writes of a desperate assault on the fortress of Agra, then held by the Shāhī King Jayapala, by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.
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The region was home to various people of different religions before Islam was spread by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in the 10th century.
In the time of Mahmud of Ghazni (ruled 997 to 1030 AD) the chief of the Dors was Hardatta of Baran, who founded Meerut and Hapur.