Emperor of Hindustan

Emperor of Hindustan sometimes also translated as Emperor of India,[Note 1] is the usual rendering in English of the imperial title used firstly by the Delhi Sultanate[1] and then their successors the Mughal Empire[2][3] It signified their sovereignty over Northern India and later much of the Indian subcontinent.

[Note 2] The term Hindustan was used for Northern India in particular, and also the whole Indian subcontinent during the Medieval period.

During the rule of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century, the term was equivalent to Emperor of India.

After the Delhi Sultanate gained independence from the Ghurid Empire, it called its land Hindustan, representing its sovereignity over Northern India (Punjab and the Indo-Gangetic plains) and later the Indian subcontinent.

[4] Scholar Bratindra Nath Mukherjee states that during the Delhi Sultanate, Hindustan simultaneously represented Northern India as well as the entire Indian subcontinent.