The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t26: Delhi—Dynasties of

The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t26

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Delhi—Dynasties of

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Delhi was captured from its Hindu ruler by Sultan Muhammad of Ghor in A.D. 1193. Kutbu-d-dīn Aibak an ennobled slave, was made Sultan of Delhi in 1206.

2. *Aram.* d. 1211, Deposed. *A Dau. Md.* 3. *Shamsu-d-dīn Altamsh, or Altmish or Iyaltimish.* 1211–1236.
4. *Ruknu-d-dīn Firoz Shah.* Deposed and Killed, 1236.
5. *Dau. Rāziyah.* deposed, 1236–1240.
6. *Muizzu-d-dīn Bahram.* 1240–1242. Killed,
8. *Nasiru-d-dīn Mahmūd* 1246–1266. *Dau. Md.* 9. *Ghiyāsu-d-dīn Balban, Ulugh Khān.* Seized the throne 1266–1286.
7. *Alāu-d-dīn Mas’ūd.* 1245–1246. Deposed. *Muhammad* Killed, 1281. *Dau. Md. Nasiru-d-dīn Mahmūd.* *Bughra Khān* appointed Governor of Bengal.
10. *Muizzu-d-dīn Kai Qubād.* 1286–1290. Killed.

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On Kai Qubād’s death the nobles placed on the throne a general Jalālu-d-dīn Khilji, who established the Khilji dynasty.

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II. Khilji Dynasty

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1. Jalālu-d-dīn Fīrōz Khilji 1290-1296. Murdered. Khān-i Khānān. Murdered. Arkali Khān. Murdered. 2. Ruknu-d-dīn. Ibrahim, Kādir Khān. Deposed. Fled. 3. Alāu-d-dīn. Sikandar 1296-1316. Ma'sūd Almas Beg Khizr Khān. Blinded. Shādī Khān. Blinded. 4 Shahābu-d-dīn Blinded and deposed 1316. 5. Mubārak Kutbu-d-dīn 1316-1320

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Mubārak was assassinated in 1320, and, since there were no fitting survivors of the Khilji family, the nobles placed on the throne a general, Ghāzi Malik, who assumed the name of Ghiyāsu-d-dīn Tughlak.

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III. Tughlak Dynasty

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1. Ghiyāsu-d-dīn Tughlak. 1321-1325 2. Muhammad Tughlak Fakru-d-dīn, Jūna, Ulugh Khān. 1325-1351. Rajab, Sipāh Sālār. 3. Fīrōz Tughlak. 1351-1388. Fath Khān. Zafar Khān 4. Ghiyāsu-d-dīn. 1388-1389. Deposed and killed. 8. Nusrat Shāh. 1395-1398. 5. Abū Bakr. 1389-1390. Deposed 7. Humāyūn Sikandar 1394 6. Muhammad Shāh. 1390-1394 9. Mahmūd Shāh. 1394-1413.

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In A.D. 1398 Delhi was overwhelmed by the invasion of Taimūr, and the city was sacked. A period of anarchy followed, and then a Saiyid General Khizr Khān who had been governor of Lahore established the short-lived Saiyid dynasty.

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IV. Saiyid Dynasty

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1. Khizr Khān 1414-1421 2. Mubārak Muizzu-d-dīn. 1421-1434. Killed. Farid Khān. 3. Muhammad Shāh. 1434-1445 4. Alāu-d-dīn Alim Shāh. 1445-1451

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In 1451 Alāu-d-dīn retired from Delhi, and the throne was seized by Bahlōl Lōdi, a General and Governor of Sirhind.

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V. Lōdi Dynasty

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1. Bahlōl Lōdi 1451-1489 2. Sikandar Lōdi. Nizām Khān. 1489-1517. 3. Ibrahim Lōdi. 1517-1526.

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In 1526 India was invaded by Bābur from Kābul. At Panipat after a great battle, the Delhi forces were completely defeated and Ibrahim Lōdi was killed. Bābur seized the throne and established the Mughal dynasty. (For their pedigree see below.)

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GAJAPATI KINGS, *See* ORISSA KINGS. GAṆAPATI KINGS, *See* KĀKATIYA DYNASTY. EASTERN GANGA KINGS, *See* KALINGA KINGS.