Question

Which rule was called the Muslim rule?
A)Turks
B)Afghans
C)Mughals
D)All of the above

Answer 1

HINT: Muslim rule extended over much of India during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE. Most of the new rulers came down into the subcontinent from what is now known as Afghanistan.

Step by step answer:
Various Muslim kingdoms, which ruled most of South Asia during the mid-14th to late 18th centuries,including the Brahmani Sultanate,Deccan Sultanates, and Gujarat Sultanate were native in origin. From the late 12th century onward, Turk-Mongol Muslim empires began to establish themselves throughout the subcontinent including the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire, who intermarried with natives and adopted local culture. Qutub-uddin Aibak, a Central Asian Turkic speaker, conquered northern India in 1206. He was the founder of the next three Delhi Sultanates. The invasions by prominent Central Asian conquerors Genghis Khan, who was not Muslim, and Timur,who was; served a precursor to the Mughal Era. Babur established the Mughal Empire followed by Humayun and particularly Akbar the Great, the Muslim emperors and their Hindu subjects reached an unprecedented zenith and created a flourishing multicultural, multi-ethnic, and religiously diverse state. The Mughals witnessed decline in the 18th century from an unexpected attack by Nader shah and Afsharid invasion.
Option D, is the correct option as the rule of Turks, Afghans and Mughals was called the Muslim rule as they aimed the full establishment of Islamic rule.

NOTE: By the end of 18th century and the beginning of 19th century, much of the Indian subcontinent and Muslim world was under the political influence of British Empire. Hence,some British historians divides Indian history into Hindu and Muslim periods.