late 8th-century–1215 Iranian dynasty from Ghor, modern Afghanistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ghūrids, or Ghorids (Pashto; سلطنت غوريان self-designation: شنسبانی, Shansabānī), were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of pashtun 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 Pashtuns.[1] The dynasty converted to Sunni Islam from Buddhism[2][3] 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.[4]
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