Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.2

c8.s4.2

But the Sultanate of Delhi was no longer an imperial power. It comprised only of Sindh, the Punjab and the western Uttar Pradesh. In extent it was the largest compared with the other kingdoms into which the empire had broken up, but it was not the strongest of them. Kingdoms like Jaunpur, Gujarat, Malwa, Rajasthan, Bahmanī and Vijāyanagar were equally strong if not more powerful. Some of them like Jaunpur and Malwa even tried to swallow up the Delhi Sultanate itself. Consequently, the Saiyyad rulers as well as their Lodī successors had to remain vigilant about the activities of these states. Therefore, before commencing the study of the Saiyyad rulers, it would be pertinent to make a brief study of the independent states which affected the course of the Sultanate's history from the accession of Khizr Khan to the fall of Ibrāhīm Lōdī.