Tag: sultanate of delhi

Ghiyas ud din Balban was the ninth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi. He was the ruler of a vast empire that stretched from Bengal (Gauda) in the east to Ghazni (Gajjana) in Afghanistan in the west and included all of south India (Dravida). This was mentioned in a Sanskrit prashasti which praised him for his achievements.

• Qutubuddin Aibak was the founder of the Slave dynasty. He was a Turkish of the Aybak tribe and was the sultan for only four years, 1206-1210.
• Prithiviraj Chauhan was a Rajput king of Rajasthan.
• Sayyid Khizr Khan ibn Malik Sulaiman (reigned 28 May 1414 – 20 May 1421) was the founder of the Sayyid dynasty,
• Bahlul Khan Lodi was the chief of the Pashtun Lodi tribe founder of Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate upon the abdication of the last claimant from the previous Sayyid rule. Bahlul became sultan of the dynasty on 19 April 1451.

c. Slave Dynasty

He shifted his capital to Devagiri near modern Aurangabad and renamed it Daulatabad. He did it for the following reasons:

B. Iltutmish

In 1200 AD, Qutb al-Din Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutb Minar. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law Iltutmish added three storey’s to the tower. 

Under the Iqta System, the land of the empire was divided into several large and small tracts called Iqta and assigned these Iqtas to his soldiers, officers and nobles. In the beginning, an Iqta was based upon salary. Later, under Firoz Shah Tughlaq it became hereditary. Alauddin Khilji suddenly abolished the system of small Iqtas with a stroke of the pen and brought them under the central Government (thus called Khalsa land). This was regarded as one of the most important agrarian reforms of Alauddin Khilji.

Modern Agra was founded by Sikandar Lodhi (Lodhi dynasty; Delhi Sultanate) in the 16th century and shifted the capital from Delhi to Agra in 1506. Babar (founder of the Mughal dynasty) also stayed for sometime in Agra and introduced the concept of square Persian-styled gardens here. Emperor Akbar built the Agra fort and Fatehpur Sikri near Agra.

The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1451 to 1526. It was the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate and was founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi when he replaced the Sayyid dynasty.

The reign of Alauddin Khalji is considered significant due to his military reforms. Alauddin was the first sultan of Delhi to have a standing army. He abolished the Iqta System and paid salary to his soldiers in cash.