 Skills and expertise in battle acted as a catalyst to gain favor, reverence, that lead to high ranking positions which placed them as an authority in a heterogeneous society.The deliberate tension within the Delhi Sultanate due to their Slavic origins, only further displays their importance in society.The role of the Sultans, as former Slaves, and their attempt to spread turkishness, by electing Turkish titles to non-Turks, and by incorporating the Turkish slave into high governing ranks in the court - shapes the landscape both socially and politically.