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* "sultan" = Arabic for "he who rules"; originally was not a hereditary title | * "sultan" = Arabic for "he who rules"; originally was not a hereditary title | ||
* established by a Ghurid general, a Turkish slave who became a military leader (a "'''Mamluk'''" = non-Arab slave given military and administrative duties) | * established by a Ghurid general, a Turkish slave who became a military leader (a "'''Mamluk'''" = non-Arab slave given military and administrative duties) | ||
* at peak controlled most of the subcontinent | * at peak controlled most of the subcontinent | ||
* 1526 = Mughal conquest | * weakened by Tamerlane (Mongol) invasion of 1398; he plundered Dehli and then left the subcontinent | ||
* Sultanate rule was further challenged by 14th century Hindu reconquests of southern India | |||
* 1526 = Mughal conquest ended the Sultanate, which by then was reduced to its original territorial rule in northern India | |||
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