Cultural Influences
The Ghurids were great patrons of Persian culture and literature and lay the basis for a Persianized state in India. They also transferred the Khorasanian architecture of their native lands to India, of which several great examples have been preserved to this date (see gallery). However, most of the literature produced during the Ghurid era has been lost.
Out of the Ghurid state grew the Delhi Sultanate which established the Persian language as the lingua franca of the region – a status it retained until the fall of the Mughal Empire in the 19th century.
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The two mausoleums of Chisht (the western was built in 1167)
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The eastern mausoleum of Chisht (built in 1194)
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The Minaret of Jam in Ghor Province of Afghanistan (finished in 1174/75) – UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002
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Inscription on the Minaret of Jam, showing the name and titles of Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad
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Ornamental bands on the Minaret of Jam, bearing the 19th Sura of the Koran
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Ruins of the Shah-i Mashhad madrasa (built in 1176)
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