Apparently even Mahmud Ghaznavi was gay.. what is with these war-mongers and gay tendencies Alexander too was gay. I guess when you are on the road wielding swords you can;t carry around your harem so you have to make do with what you have got and in course of time you inculcate a liking for it..
BTW it's not me saying it's acolumnsit in dawn saying that Ghazanavi perhaps was gay..
DAWN.COM | Columnists | Gay but not quite happy
In older Urdu and Persian poetry, was there any dearth of examples of men pining for their beloved who were often of their own gender?
Allama Iqbal’s celebration of the beauty of Ayaz, the handsome slave of Mahmud Ghaznavi is only matched by Mir Taqi Mir’s highly brazen confession of his obsession for the son of a perfumer:
Mir kya saade hai’n beemaar hue jiske sabab
Usee attaar ke launday se davaa lete hai’