THE SULTANATE OF

DELHI
DAYAL SINGH
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AURANGABAD
FOUNDATION OF DELHI SULTANATE
End of 12th century = Md Ghori took Delhi

Later dynasties were called as Delhi Sultanate

1206=Ghori died

Qutub ud din Aibak=Commander of army

Tajuddin Yalduz = Karman and Sankuran(Area between Afghan and Sind)

Nasiruddin Qubacha = Uchh

Ghiyas ud din Mahmud = Aknowleged Aibak as successor of Delhi (Sultan of Delhi)

 Md. Bin Qasim
• GUL - GULAM OR SALVE
• KHILE - KHILJI
• TUM - TUGLAG
• SAYAD - SAYEED
• LOGE- LODI
• Kumari Zarina Gauri ne Khir Banaya
SLAVE DYANSTY(1206-1290 AD)

Also called = Mameluq

dynasty/Libari dynasty

Qutub ud udin
belonged to libari tribe
of Turk.
 QUTUB UD DIN AIBAK 1206-1210
Ruled Lahore and shifted capital to Delhi

First Muslim King and founder of Libari dynasty

Also called = Lakh Bakhsh-giver of lakhs

Quwwat ul Islam – Mosque at Delhi

Adhai din ka jhopra – Mosque at Ajmer

Qutub Minar – 72 ½ Meter/238 ft.(By Iltutmish)

Stone tower – Delhi (Saint –Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki)

1210- While playing polo fell and died of injuries.

Shamsud din Iltutmish (1211-1236 AD)
Slave of Qutub ud din Aibak

Become his son in law and ruled Badaun-Uttar Pradesh.

1226-1236 = Conquered Ranthambore

1227 = Bayana, Jalor, Gwalior, Malwa, Bhimsa, Ujjain and Bengal till 1231
AD

1217 – Killed Yalduz in the battle of Terrain

1228 – Killed Qubacha(Ghori’s Salves)

1221- Mongol Chief Changez Khan reached Indus in pursuit of Jalal
ud din (King of Khwarizm or Khiva-Uzbekistan)

Gave a capital, a sovereign state, a monarchial form of government

and a governing class or nobility = Turkan-i-Chahaigani or Chalisa.

Issued coins of silver(Tanka) and copper (jital)

Arabic coins issued from Delhi.

Patronised Minhaj-us-Siraj, author of Tabaqat-i-Nasiri.

Build Gandhak-i-Baoli=Stepwell for sufi saint Qutub-ud-din

Bakhtiyar Kaki.
 RAZIA SULTAN (1236-1240)
First lady Sultan of India.

Discarded Purdah

Attend the court in Male dress

Defeated Wazir=Nizam-ul-Mulk Junaidi who opposed her

elevation and conquered Ranthambhore.

Governor of Lahore – Kabir Khan and Bhatinda – Altunia

revolted which was suppressed by Her.
 Jamal-ud-din Razia married to
Yakut was killed Altunia but
and RAZIA was were murdered
imprisoned at near Kaithal in
Tabarhinda 1240 AD

Minhaj-us-Siraj
accepted that
Succeeded by
Razia had the
Bahram Shah.
ability of a great
king.
Nasir ud din Mahmud 1246-1266 AD
Son of
Iltutmish.

Gentle, Studious
and pious(religious)
= Darvesh king.

Turkish chief Balban became

the real king.

Balban replaced Imaduddin Raihan to

the post of Wazir during Mongolian
invasion.
 GHIYAS UD DIN BALBAN 1266-1287 AD
Balban was an Ilbari-Turk.

Original name = Bahauddin

Slave of Iltutmish

Destroy the power of Truk-e-Chihalgani

Projected monarchy as semi divine institution.

Kinghsip was named as the Niyabat-i-Khudai (gift of god) and took the title Jil-i-llahi
(shadow of God on Earth)

Introduced some formalities like Sijda- Prostration and Paibos-Kissing of feet

Bengal revolt= Tughril Khan the Governor of Bengal was defeated.

Amir-e-Hajib = Court official for proceeding of
court

Diwan-i-wizarat and Diwan-i-Arz= Military Dept

Barid-i-Mumalik = Espionage

Amir Khusrau = Parrot of India

Last ruler Kaiqubad and was killed by Jalauddin

Khilji.
 Khilji Dynasty 1290-1320 AD

Seized Invaded of
Jalal He made
Ranthambore Devagiri-The
ud din Kilokhari
Khilji from capital to
(Near
Chauhans, Yadav King
1290- Delhi)as
96 Conquered (Raja
new Capital.
Ujjain Ramachandradeva)
Ala-ud-din Khilji 1296-1316
First Muslim ruler to
extend his empire
right up to the
extreme South of
India.

Ala-ud-din was
the first ruler of
Called himself the Delhi Sultanate
Deputy of Caliph. who didn’t ask for
Manshur from the
Caliph.
 Tughlaq Dynasty 1320-1414 AD
Ghiyas-ud-
din Tughlaq First
1320-1325 sultan of
Delhi to Code of law
AD for the civil First sultan
add Ghazi Bad
after his government credited
was drafted terms
name with Sufi with
by him digging
Nizamudd Laid
in Aulia. canals for
the foundation
promotion of
of Tughalaqua
agriculture. bad.
 MOHAMMED BIN TUGHLAQ 1325-1351 AD
Well versed in various branches of learning

Astromony, mathematics, medicine, philosophy etc.

Formulated ‘famine code’ to provide relief to famine affected people.

Diwan-i-Amir Kohi = Dept of Agriculture

First sultan to give advance loan = Sondhar

Chinese emperor – Toghan Timur sent an envoy to Delhi in 1341 to build a

Buddhist temple.

Tuglaq sent Ibn Batuta as envoy to the court of Mongol Emperor of China.
Five ambitious projects
Sultan raised the taxation
level in doab area

Transfer of capital from Delhi

to Deogiri

Introduction of token currency of

bronze coins

Quarachil (Kumaon hills) Expedition

Proposed Khurasan Expedition

 Firoz Shah Tughlaq 1351 1388 AD
Firoz Tughlaq was termed as Akbar of Sultanate period by Henri Elliot
(British)and Elphinstone(Scottish)

Shaikh Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlari was one of the most popular

mystics of the reign of Firoz.

Many poets, philoshopers, jurists and historians were in court of Firoz

Opened many hospitals and distributed free medicines.

Established Employment Bureau to provide work to unemployed.

Revised Jagir system, soldiers got land and separate dept for slaves,
Diwan-i-Bandagan was established.
Sayyid Dynasty 1414-51 AD

Khizr Khan Founder of

1414-1421 AD Sayyid dynasty

Appointed by He ruled as a
Timur-e-land deputy of
as his Timur’s son
nominee in and successor-
Delhi. Shah Rukh.
Mubarak Shah 1421-1434 AD

Ablest ruler of dynasty.

Supressed the rebellions at

Bhatinda and Doab and revolt
by Khokars Chief Jasrat.

Succeeded by Mohammed
Shah and Alauddin Alam Shah
was the last ruler.
 Lodhi Dynasty 1451-1526 AD
Bahlol Lodhi 1451-1489 AD

Founder of this dynasty

Conquered territories surrounding Delhi.

Most successful war was against Mahmud shah Sharqu of Jaunpur.

Conquered Mewat- Har/Rajasthan(Ahmed Khan) Sambhal –Uttar Pradesh(Dariya Khan) Koli -

Rajasthan(Isa Khan) Suket (Mubarake Khan) Rewari (Qutub Khan) Etawah and Chandwar-Near
Agra.
 Sikander Lodhi 1489-1517 AD
Bahlol Lodhi was succeeded by his able son Nizam Shah under the title of
Sultan Sikandar Shah.

Conquered Bihar and concluded a friendship treaty with Alaudin Hussain Shah
of Bengal.

Gaz-i-Shikandari = Sikandar yard of 32 inch.

Transferred capital from Delhi to Agra.

Levied Jaziya and Pilgrim’s tax on Hindus.

Wrote verses in Persian under the pen name of Gulrukhi.

 IBRAHIM LODHI 1517-1526 AD

Many revolts during his reign.

Bihar declared independence under Dariya Khan Lohani.

Daulat Khan Lodhi father of Dilawar Khan (Governor of Lahore) and

Alam Khan invited Babur and Timurid ruler of Kabul to invade India.

Battle was called Ist battel of Panipat 1526.

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