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The Sultan of Delhi was the absolute monarch of the Delhi Sultanate that stretched over large parts of the subcontinent during the period of Medieval India, for 320 years (1206–1526).
Following his death, the Delhi Sultanate saw a succession of weak rulers, disputing Muslim nobility, assassinations, and short-lived tenures. Power shifted from Rukn ud-Din Firuz to Razia Sultana and others, until Ghiyas ud-Din Balban came to power and ruled from 1266 to 1287.
May 28, 2024 · From 1206 to 1526, the Delhi Sultanate, an Islamic state in Northern India, was ruled by five distinct dynasties. Qutb al-Din Aibak, a Mamluk and the chief commander of Muhammed of Ghor, the ruler of the Ghurid Dynasty, founded the Delhi Sultanate.
Five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290), the Khalji dynasty (1290–1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414), the Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451), and the Lodi dynasty (1451–1526).
Jun 21, 2024 · Delhi sultanate, principal Muslim power in north India from the 13th to the 16th century, enabled by the campaigns of the Ghurid dynasty and made independent by Iltutmish.
Feb 20, 2023 · 1. The Mamluk or Ilbari or Slave Dynasty (1206-1290 CE) of Delhi Sultanate. Muhammad of Ghor, Sultan of the Ghurid Empire, was killed in 1206 CE. His empire was split into regions led by his former Mamluk (a non-Arab slave soldier who had converted to Islam)
May 30, 2024 · The Delhi Sultanate was founded by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak, a former Turkish slave of the powerful ruler Muhammad Ghori. The turning point came in 1192 when Aibak defeated the last Hindu ruler of Delhi.
