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Qutbuddin |
Died while playing Chaugan. Aram Shah (short period) |
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Aibak |
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Shamsuddin |
He defeated Yalduz of Ghazni & Qubacha of Multan. Captured the |
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Iltutmish |
fort of Ranthambor, Lakhnauti. Organized the iqta system (land |
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assignment) & currency (introduced copper tanka & silver jital). |
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Razia Sultana |
Married Malik Altunia (Governor of Bhatinda). Turkish Aamirs |
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played the dominant role & after Razia, they enthroned Bahram |
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Shah, Masud Shah & Nasiruddin Mahmud in that order. |
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Balban (Ulugh |
Balban was Turkish slave of Iltutmish. He poisoned his master |
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Nasiruddin Mahmud. Killed the rebel governor of Bengal, Tughril |
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Khan. He revived the practice of sijda (prostration) & paibos |
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(kissing monarch’s feet). |
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Kaikhusrau, Kaiquabad & Kaimurs had short duration. |
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| Khalji |
Jalaluddin Khalji |
Descended at the age of seventy. Later Alauddin murdered his uncle |
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& father in law Jalaluddin & seized the throne. |
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Alauddin Khalji |
Lay seige to Ranthambor which was under redoubtable Hammir |
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Deva which continued till one year. Later Chittor under Ratan |
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Singh (wife Padmini) fell & was renamed Kizhrabad. Malik Kafur |
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campaigned |
against |
Kaktiyas |
(Warangal), |
Hoysalas |
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(Dwarasamudra) & Pandyas. Mubarak Shah (son) & Khusrau khan |
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had short rule. |
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Kharaj (land tax – 50%), Charai, Gharii (dwelling tax). First to |
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introduce permanent standing army, dagh & chehra. Afghans & |
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Sultan’s Indian officers rose to prominence. |
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| Tughlaq |
Ghiyasuddin |
Earlier called Ghazi Malik. Ghiasuddin had repelled mongol attack |
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Tughlaq |
under khaljis before ascending throne. Attaked Kaktiyas & Bengal |
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succesfully. Founded third city of Delhi – Tughlaqabad. |
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Muhammad bin |
Open consorting with Hindus & Jogis. Killed Ulemas, qazis who |
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Tughlaq |
rose in rebellion. Shifted capital to Devagiri (renamed Daulatabad), |
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token currency (bronze coin-jittal). Shifted to Swargadwari during |
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famine. At his death Barani commented, ‘at last the people got rid |
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of him & he got rid of the people’. First sultan to visit the shrine of |
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Moinuddin Chisti. Disciple of Shaikh Alauddin & Jinaprabha Suri. |
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Firuz Shah |
Not a military leader. Conqured Thatta, Orissa (uprooted Jagannath |
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Tughlaq |
idol), Nagarkot. Distributed iqtas, made them heritable increased |
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salaries. Founded Fatehabad, Hissar, Firuzpur, Jaunpur & |
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Firuzabad. Built canals. Influence of Ulema revived. First muslim |
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ruler to impose Jaziya on Brahmins but abolished Ghari & Charai. |
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Visited the shrine of Salar Masud Ghazi & became fanatical. |
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Removed paintings from palace. Got many sanskirt works |
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translated in Persian |
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| Timur |
Timur 1398 AD |
During the reign of Mahmud Tughlaq who fled the city. He |
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assigned Delhi to Khizr Khan & hence Sayyid dynasty was born. |
| Sayyids |
Khizr Khan |
Khizr Khan’s reign as well as that of his successors, Mubarak Shah, |
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Muhammad Shah & Alauddin Alam Shah was spent trying to |
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control the rebellious leaders (esp. Khokhars led by Jasrath). |
| Lodis |
Bahlul Lodi |
First dynasty to be headed by Afghans. Principal event of Bahlul |
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Lodi’s life was the annexation of Juanpur kingdom. |
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Sikander Lodi |
Contemporary of Mahmud Begarha of Gujarat & Rana Sanga of |
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Mewar. The rent rolls of his reign formed the basis during Sher |
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Shah Suri period. Imposed the Jaziya. The Bahluli coin remained in |
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circulation till Akbar’s rule. He was the only sultan to be killed in |
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the battle field. |