1 History & Culture · 1.3.2 Arab and Turkish invasions

1.3.2.3 Muhammad Ghori: Tarain, Chandawar and the causes of Turkish success

Muizzuddin Muhammad bin Sam of Ghur, called Muhammad Ghori, won at the Second Battle of Tarain (1192) and at Chandawar (1194) and left his Turkish slave-generals to build the Delhi Sultanate.

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  • Muhammad Ghori
  • Muizzuddin
  • Tarain
  • Prithviraj III
  • Chandawar
  • Jayachandra
  • Bakhtiyar Khalji
  • Qutbuddin Aibak
  • Kayadara
  • Shansabani

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