[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945) › c19.26 # The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c19.26 The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c19.26 - **Language:** English ### [c19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.26) Whether one agrees or not with the view that Indian Vedantism was largely responsible for its growth, it is undeniable that the mysticism of the \*sufi\* furnished Islam's philosophical point of contact with Hinduism. It is through such contacts, fostered by the simplicity and broad humanism of the \*sufi\* that Islam obtained its largest number of free converts and it is in this sense that he is considered a missionary. On the behest of the \*murshid\*, he travelled to distant countries and settled down with a true missionary zeal amongst unfamiliar and even hostile people. An instance is afforded by Jalaluddin Tabrezi, one of Muinuddin's companions, who took up his residence under the Sena king of - [Previous: c19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.25) - [Next: c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.27) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.26) · Pramāṇa