Delhi Sultanate

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The Delhi Sultanate (دلی سلطنت), or Sulthanath-e-Hind (سلطنتِ ہند) / Sulthanath-e-Dilli (سلطنتِ دلی) are the Afghan dynasties that were controlling India from 1210 to 1526. Many of these dynasties ruled from Delhi. This includes the Slave dynasty (1206-90), the Khilji dynasty (1290-1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320-1413), the Sayyid dynasty (1414-51), and the Lodi (1451-1526).

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[change] Sultans of Delhi

[change] Slave Dynasty (1206 - 1290)

[change] Khilji (Khalji) Dynasty (1290 - 1320)

[change] Tughlaq Dynasty (1321 - 1398)


[change] Sayyid (Syed) Dynasty (1414 - 1451)

[change] Lodhi (Lodi) Dynasty (1451 - 1526)

1526-1540: Mughal rule

[change] Suri Dynasty (1540 - 1555)

of the History of South Asia series) has more information at Islamic Empires in India#Delhi Sultanate

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[change] Literature

  • Elliot and Dowson: The History of India as told by its own Historians, (New Delhi) reprint, 1990.
  • Peter Jackson The Delhi Sultanate. A Political and Military History (Cambridge) 1999
  • Majumdar, R. C. (ed.), The History and Culture of the Indian People, Volume VI, The Delhi Sultanate, (Bombay) 1960; Volume VII, The Mughal Empire, (Bombay) 1973.
  • Nizami, Khaliq Ahmad Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in India in the Thirteenth Century (Delhi) 1961 (Revised Edition Delhi 2002)

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