The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c6.10

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³ I. P. 487. For the origin of the dynasty of Khwarizm, which was founded by Nushtigin, a slave of Malik Shah, see Juwaini, p. 2; *Guzidah* I, p. 486; Minhaj, pp. 234-5, however, gives an entirely different account. For the name Khwarizm and its capital Gurganj (modern Kunya Urgendg) see the article on Khwarizm in *Encyclopaedia of Islam*.