The Sultanate of Delhi

The conquests of Muhammad of Ghur led to the establish­ment of Turkish rule. A new political entity, the Sultanate of Delhi (for its capital was at Delhi), soon came into being.

The entire period from 1206 to 1526 has been wrongly called the 'Pathan Period'. The rulers of this period, rigrt up to the year 1451, were Turks and not Pathans or Afghans. Only the dynasty that exercised sway over Delhi from 1451 to 1526 was Pathan.