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# The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c2.3

The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c2.3

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### [c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c2.3)

A common term for the Delhi sultans I have substituted by Memeluke, for, while it correctly conveys their original status, it is yet free from the inexactitude implied by the term slave.

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