The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c5.20

c5.20

As the founders of Muslim rule in India the Memeluke sultans thus deserve greater respect and closer study than have so far been devoted. The century witnessed not only the gradual shaping of a State-system, but also the beginnings of many of the factors that constituted the composite culture and society of mediaeval India. The brilliance of the Moghuls has tended to obscure the no less remarkable epoch of their predecessors; a balanced judgment, however can only proceed from a closer study to which the following pages are devoted.