Ghurid dynasty

The Ghūrids, or Ghorids (Persian ; سلطنت غوريان self-designation: , Shansabānī), were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Eastern Iranian origin from the Ghurid region of present-day central Afghanistan, but the exact ethnic origin is uncertain although they are commonly said to have been Eastern Iranian Pashtuns. 

The dynasty later converted to Sunni Islam Satish Chandra, Medieval India:From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526), Part 1, (Har-Anand Publications, 2006), 22.The Ghurids, K.A. Nizami, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol.4, Part 1, ed. M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth, (Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1999), 178. after the conquest of Ghor by the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in 1011. The dynasty overthrew the Ghaznavid Empire in 1186 when Sultan Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad of Ghor conquered the last Ghaznavid capital of Lahore.Kingdoms of South Asia – Afghanistan in Far East Kingdoms: Persia and the East

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