The Ghurids or Ghorids are a native Sunni Muslim dynasty of Eastern Iranian, possibly Tajik, origin, ruling at their zenith over parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

The dynasty rules from 1011 to 1215 and succeeds the Ghaznavid Empire Their empire is centered in Ghor Province or Mandesh, now in the center of Afghanistan.

It encompasses Khorasan in the West and reaches in the East to northern India, as far as Bengal.

Their first capital is Fīrūzkūh in Ghor, which was later replaced by Herat,[2] while Ghazni[3] and Lahore were used as additional capitals, especially during the winter seasons.

The Ghurids were patrons of Persian culture and heritage.

[8]The Ghurids were succeeded in Persia by the Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty and in northern India by the Mamluk dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.