Delhi Sultanate

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The '''Delhi Sultanate''' ('''دلی سلطنت'''), or '''Sulthanath-e-Hind''' ('''سلطنتِ ہند''') or '''Sulthanath-e-Dilli''' ('''سلطنتِ دلی''') were the Persian-speaking dynasties of Turkic and Afghan origin, which were controlling most of the [[Indian subcontinent]] from [[1206]] 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 dynasty''' (1451-1526). Later on, after the region fell to the [[Mughal]]s, there was again a brief period when [[Humayun]], son of the Mughal [[Babur]] and father of [[Akbar]] the Great, was deposed by the [[Pathan]] '''Suri dynasty''' who enjoyed a short rule then, before Humayun was reinstated in 1555.

== Sultans of Delhi ==

=== Mamluk, or Slave dynasty (1206 - 1290) ===
{{Main|Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)}}
* [[Qutb-ud-din Aibak]] (1206 - 1210)
* [[:en:Aram Shah|Aram Shah]] (1210 - 1211)
* [[Shams-ud-din Iltutmish]] (1211 - 1236)
* [[:en:Rukn ud din Firuz|Rukn ud din Firuz]] (1236)
* [[Razia Sultan|Raziyyat ud din Sultana]] (1236 - 1240) (Raziyya Sultana)
* [[:en:Muiz ud din Bahram|Muiz ud din Bahram]] (1240 - 1242)
* [[:en:Ala ud din Masud|Ala ud din Masud]] (1242 - 1246)
* [[:en:Nasir ud din Mahmud|Nasir ud din Mahmud]] (1246 - 1266)
* [[:en:Ghiyas ud din Balban|Ghiyas ud din Balban]] (1266 - 1286)
* [[:en:Muiz ud din Qaiqabad|Muiz ud din Qaiqabad]] (1286 - 1290)
* [[:en:Shamsuddin Kayumars|Shamsuddin Kayumars]] (1290)

=== Khilji (Khalji) dynasty (1290 - 1320) ===

* Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji (1290 - 1294)
* [[Ala ud din Khilji]] (1294 - 1316)
* Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah (1316 - 1321)

=== Tughlaq dynasty (1321 - 1398) ===

* [[Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah I]] (1321 - 1325)
* [[Muhammad bin Tughluq|Muhammad Shah II]] (1325 - 1351)
* Mahmud Ibn Muhammad ( March 1351)
* [[Firuz Shah Tughluq]] (1351 - 1388)
* Ghiyas ud din Tughluq II (1388 - 1389)
* Abu Bakar (1389 - 1390)
* Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III (1390 - 1393)
* Sikander Shah I ( March - April 1393)
* Mahmud Nasir ud din (Sultan Mahmud II) at Delhi (1393 - 1394)
* Nusrat Shah at Firuzabad (1394 - 1398)

=== Sayyid (Syed) Dynasty (1414 - 1451) ===
* [[Khizr Khan]] (1414 - 1421)
* Mubarrak Shah II (1421 - 1435)
* Muhammad Shah IV (1435 - 1445)
* Aladdin Alam Shah (1445 - 1451)

=== Lodi (Lodhi) dynasty (1451 - 1526) ===

* [[Bahlol Khan Lodi]] (1451-1489)
* [[Sikandar Lodi]] (1489-1517)
* [[Ibrahim Lodi|Ibrahim II]] (1517-1526)

1526-1540: [[Mughal]] rule after the [[First Battle of Panipat]]

=== Suri, or Sur dynasty (1540 - 1555) ===
* [[Sher Shah Suri]] (Farid Khan Suri) (1540 - 1545)
* Islam Shah (1545 - 1553)
* Muhammad V (1553 - 1554)
* Firuz Shah ( 29 April - 2 May 1554)
* Ibrahim III (1554 - 1554/5)
* Sikander Shah (1554/5 - 1555)
1555: Return to Mughal Rule after brief interregnum

==Related pages==
* The [[History of South Asia]] series) has more information at [[Islamic Empires in India#Delhi Sultanate]]
* [[List of Indian monarchs]]

== References ==
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pktoc.html Pakistan]
* [[Fernand Braudel|Braudel, Fernand]], ''The perspective of the World,'' vol III of ''Civilization and Capitalism'' 1984 (original French ed. 1979)

== 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)

== External links ==
* [http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/delhisultanate.html Delhi Sultanate Dynasty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606063532/http://www.freeswfgames.com/ |date=2020-06-06 }}
* [http://www.hostkingdom.net/india.html#Delhi List of rulers of Delhi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629153707/http://www.hostkingdom.net/india.html#Delhi |date=2007-06-29 }}

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