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    The Mughal Empire is considered distinct from the Delhi Sultanate by historians for several key reasons: 1) The Mughals had a Turkic ruler in Babur who claimed descent from Genghis Khan, differing from the later dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate which saw erosion of Turkic influence. 2) The Mughals established a different administrative system through alliances with Rajputs and others, unlike the Sultanate which sought to subdue regional powers. 3) Babur invaded from outside of India, unlike the changing dynasties of the Sultanate which replaced one another internally through succession or regime changes.

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    The Mughal Empire is considered distinct from the Delhi Sultanate by historians for several key reasons: 1) The Mughals had a Turkic ruler in Babur who claimed descent from Genghis Khan, differing from the later dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate which saw erosion of Turkic influence. 2) The Mughals established a different administrative system through alliances with Rajputs and others, unlike the Sultanate which sought to subdue regional powers. 3) Babur invaded from outside of India, unlike the changing dynasties of the Sultanate which replaced one another internally through succession or regime changes.

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    The Mughal Empire is considered distinct from the Delhi Sultanate by historians for several key reasons: 1) The Mughals had a Turkic ruler in Babur who claimed descent from Genghis Khan, differing from the later dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate which saw erosion of Turkic influence. 2) The Mughals established a different administrative system through alliances with Rajputs and others, unlike the Sultanate which sought to subdue regional powers. 3) Babur invaded from outside of India, unlike the changing dynasties of the Sultanate which replaced one another internally through succession or regime changes.

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    WhyistheMughalempirenotregardedasacontinuation
    oftheDelhiSultanatebyhistorians?
    TheDelhiSultanateisusedtorefertoastate,whichwasruledoverbyasuccessionof
    IslamicTurkoAfghandynasties(suchastheKhaljis,SayyidsandtheLodis),and
    administeredalargepartofNorthandCentralIndia.WhyistheMughalEmpirenotregarded
    asacontinuationoftheDelhiSultanatebyhistorians,withtheMughalsreplacingtheLodis
    beforethem.Afterall,DelhicontinuedtobethecapitaloftheMughalempire,andtheAfghans
    stillplayedanimportantroleinthenobility.
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    Thisisaverygoodquestion.ThereweresomesimilaritiesbetweentheDelhiSultanateand
    theMughalEmpire.
    1.BothhadTurkicrulers(thoughnotalloftheSultanswereTurkic).
    2.BothwereIslamicmeritocracies.Powerdidnotgofromfathertooldestson
    automatically,buttothemostworthysuccessor.
    3.Alsoinasensefrom1398theSultansinDelhiruledinthenameofTimurandlaterhis
    successorShahRukh.SotherulerwouldnottakethetitleofSultan,andwouldmint
    coinsinthenameofeitherTimurorShahRukh.Thatpracticeunderstandably
    stoppedafterShahRukhandhisevenweakersuccessors,butestablishesastrong
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    Sowhyaretheyseparate?
    1.Changeintherulingeliteasawhole
    SooryaNarayanhasalreadymentionedthis.Foronetherewasasteadyerosionin
    theTurkicnatureoftheSultanate.TheMamluks(slavedynasty)wereveryTurkic,but
    theSayyidswerenot,andtheLodiswerePathan.TheMughalstookDelhibacktocore
    Turkicrule.ManyAfghansjoinedBabur,butmanyfoughthimandcontinued
    fightingtheMughalstillAkbar'stime.
    2.InclusionoftheRajputs
    AkbarincorporatedtheRajputsintotheMughalsystemofgovernance.Foralong
    timeafterwards,theRajputsfoughtforDelhi,ratherthanagainstDelhi.Thisalliance
    continuedintoAurangzeb'stimes(eventhoughaconfederationwasalmostformed
    againsthim).Thisinclusionhadfarreachingconsequenceswithrespecttopolicy.
    3.Achangeinculture
    ThoughHindustani(theoriginofHindiandUrdu)continuedtoflourishunderthe
    MughalsitgotaninfluxofPersianwords.TheMughalssupportedcertainaspectsof
    Indianculture,andsomewereinfusedwithPersianorTurkicelements.Butoverall
    therewasabigchangefromtheSultanatetimes.
    4.Architecture
    MughalarchitectureisconsidereddifferentfromSultanateeraarchitecture.

    Whatisthelegacyofdelhisultanate?
    WhichMuslimkingofthePreMughalperiodofthe
    DelhiSultanatecanberegardedasagreatking?
    HowdoesthenatureoftheDelhiSultanteandthe
    MughalEmpirecompare?
    WhatisthemaindifferencebetweenDelhiSultanate
    ArchitectureandMughalArchitecture?
    Whydoesn'tPakistanclaimkinshiporancestrywith
    theMughalsortheDelhiSultanatedynasties?
    WhatwerethemajordifferencesbetweentheSultans
    ofDelhiandNizamsofHyderabad?
    WhyaretheresofewMuslimsinDelhiandother
    centresoftheMughalEmpire?
    WhywastheMarathaConfederacyunwillingtoend
    theMughalEmpire,allowingtheMughalemperorsto
    stayonasnominalrulersoftheDelhireg...

    5.Military
    BaburfamouslybroughtcanonstoIndia.Forcenturiesafterwards,thecanons
    remainedthebulwarkofMughalpower,andchangedthenatureofwarfareandthe
    military.
    6.Dynasty
    FinallytheMughalsareprobablythegreatestdynastyinIndianhistory.Fromtheir
    richheritage,traceabletoGenghisKhanandTimur,totherespectfor"theMughal"in
    Indiaforoveracenturyafterthelastgreatruler,itishardtofindanotherequivalent.
    JustforthattheyshouldgettheirownidentityindependentoftheSultanate.
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    Differentorigins:WhileyouarerightinclaimingthattheMughalDynastywas
    technicallyasultanateandisTurkicinorigin,thefounderoftheempire,Babur,also
    claimedtobedescendedfromtheMongolsandasadescendentofGenghisKhan.I
    knowthatthismightnotbeofmuchsignificance,butitispossiblethatthisalso
    factorsinwhyitslabelledasanintricatedynasty.

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    Whatisthelegacyofdelhisultanate?
    WhichMuslimkingofthePreMughalperiodofthe
    DelhiSultanatecanberegardedasagreatking?

    Differentadministrativesetup:TheSultansoftheDelhiSultanatedidnot
    tolerateindependentkingdomsandautonomywithintheirkingdomsandsubdued
    theriseofotheruprisingswithinthem.SomeofthemlikeIbrahimLodidetested
    regionalrulersandchiefs,whichcouldhavestrengthenedhisauthority.TheMughals,
    ontheotherhand,understoodtheimportanceofalliancesandthereforeextended
    theirempirebloodlesslybyofferingRajputs,Afghans,Pastunshighpositionsofpower
    withinthecourtandinadministrationoftheempire.

    HowdoesthenatureoftheDelhiSultanteandthe
    MughalEmpirecompare?

    Establishedbyinvaders:Ifyouhadthoughtthatthevariousdynastiesofthe
    DelhiSultanatewereoverthrownbyforeigninvaders,youwerewrong.Theywere
    overthrownbydifferenttribesandrulinghousesthatwerewithinthedynastyby
    assassinations(MamluksandKhiljis)abdications(Sayyids)orbecauseoflosingpower
    duetoMongolinvasionsunderTimur(Tughlaqs),whonevercondolidatedanempire
    inthesubcontinent.BaburwasnowhereconnectedtotheSultanateandwastheruler
    ofKabulwhenheseizedtheopportunitytoattackDelhiandwassuccessfulindoing
    so.

    WhatwerethemajordifferencesbetweentheSultans
    ofDelhiandNizamsofHyderabad?

    WhatisthemaindifferencebetweenDelhiSultanate
    ArchitectureandMughalArchitecture?
    Whydoesn'tPakistanclaimkinshiporancestrywith
    theMughalsortheDelhiSultanatedynasties?

    WhyaretheresofewMuslimsinDelhiandother
    centresoftheMughalEmpire?
    WhywastheMarathaConfederacyunwillingtoend
    theMughalEmpire,allowingtheMughalemperorsto
    stayonasnominalrulersoftheDelhireg...

    Therefore,youcanseewhytheMughalDynastywasdistinctfromtheotherSultanates
    thatruledDelhi.
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    SooryaNarayan,:)
    WrittenJan24,2014

    TheDelhisultanateconsistingoftheSlave,Khilji,Tughlak,SayyidandLodhiDynastieswas
    establishedaftertheinvasionofIndiabyMuhammadGhori.Allthe5dynastieswerethe
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    politicalsuccessorsofQutubdinAibakandallformedpartoftheoriginalpolitical
    organisationsetupaftertheinvasionofMuhammadGhoriandremovalofPrithviRaj
    Chauhan.
    Noneofthe4dynastieswhichsucceededSlavedynastywereinvadersfromoutside,all
    werepowerfulofficialsinsidetheDelhiSultanate.ButMughalsontheotherhandwere
    invaderswhowereinvitedtoattackIndiabytheenemiesofIbrahimLodhi.
    HencethepoliticalsystemsetupbytheMughalsisconsidereddistinctfromtheDelhi
    Sultanate.
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