The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c5.15

c5.15

That honour, however, was not to be theirs. In the third generation from Mahmud his central Asian Empire was rolled up by the Seljuqs. Fresh eruption from Turkistan, family feuds and incompetence, coupled with the rise of their erstwhile Shansabani vassals from the mountain fortress of Ghor, compelled the latter Ghaznawides to fall back on their Indian possession. Even if resources permitted, expansion on the East and consequent war with the Rajputs would be ill advised when Ghor was in perpetual hostility. Instead, they compromised and made alliance with the Indian Princes.