DELHI SULTANATE

MAMLUK OR SLAVE DYNASTY (1206 - 1290)

PROMINENT RULERS :

Qutubuddin Aibak ( 1206 A.D. - 1210 A.D. )

• He was a slave of Mohammad Ghori.

• He was the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave dynasty . 

• He died while playing polo in Lahore.

• He built the Quwwat Al Islam mosque in Delhi and the Adhai-din-ka-Jhonpra mosque in Ajmer.

• He started the construction of Qutb Minar in Delhi, which is dedicated to a famous Sufi Saint of the time, Qutubuddin Bakhtiar Kaki.

• He is also known as lakhbaksh or giver of lakhs, because of his generosity.

Iltutmish ( 1211 - 1236 )

• He was the first to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire.

• He introduced the silver tanka and the copper jital - the two basic coins .

• He introduced Iqtadari system .

• He built the Hauz-i-Shamsi reservoir in Mehrauli in 1230.

• He completed the Qutub Minar started by Qutubuddin Aibak.

• Sultan Ghari which is considered the first Islamic Mausoleum in Delhi, was constructed by him in memory of his eldest son, Prince Nasiru'd-Din Mahmud.

• Genghis Khan, the Mongolian invader appeared for the first time on the banks of river Indus, during his reign.

• He was the longest serving Slave ruler who ruled for 25 years.

Razia Sultan ( 1240 - 1240 )

• She was the first female muslim ruler of delhi sultanate .

• She took over after the death of her father Iltutmish in 1236 .

Balban ( 1267 - 1287 )

• His original name was Baharuddin

• He was a slave bought by Sultan Iltutmish.

• He got the title of Ulagh Khan for defeating the Mongols.

• He suppressed the rebellious tribe Meo, the people of Mewat who used to plunder the people of Delhi even in the day light.

• He broke up the Chahalgani, a group of the forty most important nobles in the court.

KHILJI DYNASTY ( 1290 - 1320 )

PROMINENT RULER :

Alauddin Khilji

• He became the Sultan after murdering his uncle Jalaluddin Khilji.

• He was the second ruler of the Khilji dynasty in India

• He established an effective espionage system to curb any revolt from his followers.

• He was the first Sultan to maintain a standing army.

• He was the first Sultan to conquer the Deccan.

• He created the third city of Delhi known as Siri.

• He is known for his economic reforms and price control system.

• Alauddin Khilji seized the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond from the ruler of Malwa.

TUGHLAQ DYNASTY ( 1321 - 1413 )

PROMINENT RULERS :

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq ( 1325 - 1351 )

• His original name was Jauna Khan.

• He introduced token currency using brass or copper coins .

• He shifted his capital from Delhi to Devagiri, which he renamed as Daulatabad, but as the plan failed he shifted back to Delhi.

• Ibn Batuta, the famous Moroccan traveler, visited him during his reign.

Firoz Shah Tughlaq ( 1351 - 1358 )

• He was the son of a Hindu princess of Dipalpur.

• He is best known for the construction of a network of canals.

• He rebuilt the top two floors of the Qutub Minar which were damaged by lightning in 1368 AD.

• Tughlaq Road in Delhi is named after him.

SAYYID DYNASTY ( 1414 - 1450 )

PROMINENT RULER :

Khizr Khan ( 1414 - 1421)

• He was the founder of sayyid dynasty .

LODHI DYNASTY ( 1451 - 1526 )

PROMINENT RULER :

Ibrahim Lodhi ( 1517 - 1526 )

• He was the last ruler of delhi sultanate and was defeated and killed by babur in first battle of panipat in 1526 .