Ghurid dynasty
The Ghūrids, or Ghorids (Persian: سلسله غوریان; self-designation: شنسبانی, Shansabānī), were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Iranian origin from the Ghor region of present-day central Afghanistan, but the exact ethnic origin is uncertain although they are commonly said to have been Tajiks.[1] The dynasty converted to Sunni Islam from Buddhism[2][3] after the conquest of Ghor by the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in 1011. The dynasty overthrew the Ghaznavid Empire in 1186 when Sultan Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad of Ghor conquered the last Ghaznavid capital of Lahore.[4]
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- ↑ Bosworth 2001b, pp. 586–590.
- ↑ Satish Chandra, Medieval India:From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526), Part 1, (Har-Anand Publications, 2006), 22.
- ↑ The Ghurids, K.A. Nizami, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol.4, Part 1, ed. M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth, (Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1999), 178.
- ↑ Kingdoms of South Asia – Afghanistan in Far East Kingdoms: Persia and the East
