Ghurid Empire

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Sunni Muslim dynasty dynasty medieval Islamic empire

The Ghurid Empire was a medieval Islamic dynasty originating from the Ghor region of present-day Afghanistan that expanded across much of Iran, Central Asia, and northern India, laying foundations for later Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ghurid dynasty	2

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sunni Muslim dynasty ⓘ dynasty ⓘ medieval Islamic empire ⓘ
capital	Firozkoh ⓘ Ghazni Province ⓘ surface form: Ghazni Herat ⓘ
conqueredFrom	Chauhan dynasty ⓘ Gahadavala dynasty ⓘ Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Ghaznavids
continent	Asia ⓘ
coreTerritory	Ghazni Province ⓘ surface form: Ghazni region Ghor Province ⓘ surface form: Ghor region Herat Province ⓘ surface form: Herat region
currency	gold dinar ⓘ silver dirham ⓘ
endTime	1215 ⓘ early 13th century ⓘ
ethnicCharacter	Iranian ⓘ
expandedInto	Central Asia ⓘ Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ surface form: Ganges plain Gujarat ⓘ Khorasan ⓘ Khwarezm ⓘ Punjab ⓘ Sindh ⓘ eastern Iran ⓘ northern India ⓘ
foundedBy	Ala al-Din Husayn ⓘ
governmentType	sultanate ⓘ
historicalSignificance	laid foundations for Muslim rule in northern India ⓘ precursor of the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Persian ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Chandawar (1194) ⓘ Battle of Tarain (1191) ⓘ Second Battle of Tarain (1192) ⓘ
notableMonument	Minaret of Jam ⓘ
notableRuler	Ala al-Din Husayn ⓘ Baha al-Din Sam I ⓘ Ala al-Din Husayn ⓘ surface form: Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Muhammad of Ghor ⓘ surface form: Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad Ala al-Din Husayn ⓘ surface form: Sayf al-Din Muhammad
originRegion	Ghor Province ⓘ surface form: Ghor
patronage	Islamic architecture ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ
politicalSystem	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
predecessor	Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Afghanistan ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
startTime	c. 1148 ⓘ mid-12th century ⓘ
successor	Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Kart dynasty ⓘ Khwarazmian Empire ⓘ surface form: Khwazmian Empire Mamluk dynasty of Delhi ⓘ
titleOfRuler	Sultan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qutb al-Din Aibak → allegiance → Ghurid Empire ⓘ

Ghaznavid Empire → followedBy → Ghurid Empire ⓘ

Mongol conquests → opponent → Ghurid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghurid dynasty

Ghaznavid Empire → overthrownBy → Ghurid Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghurid dynasty

Delhi Sultanate → precededBy → Ghurid Empire ⓘ

Mamluk dynasty of Delhi → precededBy → Ghurid Empire ⓘ