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The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi[ a] was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for 320 years (1206–1526). [ 13][ 14][ 15] Following the invasion of South Asia by the Ghurid dynasty, five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk dynasty ...
Muhammad bin Tughluq (Muhammad II) c. 1290. 20 March 1351. 1 February 1325. 20 March 1351. Son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. 19. Firuz Shah Tughlaq (Firuz III) 1309.
It was the first of five largely unrelated dynasties to rule the Delhi Sultanate until 1526. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Before the establishment of the Mamluk dynasty, Qutb al-Din Aibak 's tenure as a Ghurid dynasty administrator lasted from 1192 to 1206, a period during which he led forays into the Gangetic plain and established control over some of ...
A map showing the expansion of Delhi Sultanate from 1320 (dark green) to 1330. The map also shows the location of the new temporary capital under Muhammad bin Tughlaq. During Muhammad bin Tughluq's rule, the Delhi Sultanate temporarily expanded to most of the Indian subcontinent, its peak in terms of geographical reach. [44]
The Delhi Sultanate is the name given for a series of five successive dynasties, which remained as a dominant power of Indian subcontinent with Delhi as their capital. During the sultanate period, the city became a center for culture. [4] The Delhi Sultanate came to an end in 1526, when Babur defeated the forces of the last Lodi sultan, Ibrahim ...
Map of the Delhi Sultanate under Muhammad bin Tughlaq. In 1327, Tughluq ordered to move his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (also known as Devagiri) (in present-day Maharashtra) in the Deccan region of India. Muhammad bin Tughlaq himself had spent a number of years as a prince on campaign in the southern states during the reign of his father.
Deccan sultanates. The Deccan sultanates is a historiographical term referring to five late medieval to early modern Indian kingdoms on the Deccan Plateau between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range that were created from the disintegration of the Bahmani Sultanate [ 1][ 2] and ruled by Muslim dynasties: namely Ahmadnagar, Berar, Bidar ...
Timur gained power in 1370, he swiftly began engaging in wars and conquering many surrounding nations. While he conquered Persia, and Iraq, a civil war broke out in the Delhi Sultanate and by 1398, there were two rulers who called themselves Sultan: Nasir ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq, the grandson of Firuz Shah Tughlaq who ruled from Delhi, and Nasir ud-Din Nusrat Shah Tughlaq, another relative ...