Delhi Sultanate (Hindu and Islamic)

Definition

The Delhi Sultanate was a Muslim kingdom based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). It witnessed a fusion of Hindu and Islamic cultures.

Related terms

Sultan: A Muslim sovereign or monarch.

Mughal Empire: An empire in the Indian subcontinent, established and ruled by a Muslim dynasty of Chagatai Turco-Mongol origin from Central Asia.

Ghaznavids: A Persianate Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin at their greatest extent ruling large parts of Iran, Afghanistan, much of Transoxiana and northwest Indian subcontinent from 977–1186.