Delhi Sultanate History Dynasties and Timeline

Delhi Sultanate History Dynasties and Timeline

• The reign of the Delhi Sultans = AD 1206 to AD 1526
• The Delhi Sultans ruled India for about 520 years.
• The Delhi Sultans are divided into five dynasties.

Dynasty	Initiator	Year of reign	Years of rule
Slave Dynasty / Mamluk Dynasty / Ilbari Dynasty	Qutbuddin Aibak	1206 – 1290	84 years
Khilji Dynasty	Jalaluddin Khilji	1290 – 1320	30 years
Tughlaq Dynasty	Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Shah I	1320 – 1414	92 – 94 years
Syed dynasty	Khizr Khan	1414 – 1451	37 years
Lodi Dynasty	Pahlul Lodi	1451 – 1526	75 years

• The dynasty that ruled India for the longest time among the Delhi Sultanates was the Tughlaq dynasty.
• The dynasty that ruled India for the shortest period among the Delhi Sultanates was the Khilji dynasty.

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• The first person to establish the rule of the Delhi Sultanate in India was Qutbuddin Aibak.
• The last Delhi Sultan to rule India was Ibrahim Lodi II.
• The longest reigning ruler among the Delhi Sultans = Pakal Lodi (38 years)
• The only Delhi Sultan to die in battle was Ibrahim Lodi.
• The real ruler among the Delhi Sultanates = Iltutmish.
• The real king who is said to have started the rule of the Delhi Sultanates is Iltutmish.
• Delhi Sultanate History Dynasties and Timeline

Slave dynasty

• Founder of the Ilbari dynasty = Qutbuddin Aibak
• The founder of the “first slave dynasty” in the Ilbari dynasty = Iltutmish
• The founder of the “second slave dynasty” in the Ilpari dynasty = Balpan.
• Slave Dynasty Rulers:
  1. 1. 1. Qutbuddin Aibek = 1206 – 1210 (Capital = Lahore)
        2. Aramsha = 1210
        3. Iltutmish = 1210 – 1236 (Capital = Delhi)
        4. Ruknudin = 1236
        5. Razia Sultan = 1236 – 1240
        6. Muizzuddin Baharamshah = 1240 – 1242
        7. Alauddin Masud Shah = 1242 – 1246
        8. Nasruddin Muhammad = 1246 – 1265
        9. Ghiyasuddin Balban = 1265 – 1287
        10. Muizzuddin Kaiqubad = 1287 – 1290
        11. Shamsuddin Kaimars = 1290

Khilji Dynasty

• The Khilji dynasty is a “mixed Turkic and Afghan” tribe.
• Founder of the Khilji dynasty = Jalaluddin Feroza Khilji
• Total years of rule of Khilji dynasty = 30 years.
• Rulers of the Khilji dynasty
  1. 1. Jalaluddin Khilji = 1290 – 1296
     2. Alauddin Khilji = 1296 – 1316
     3. Shikhabuddin Umar = 1316 (35 days)
     4. Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khilji = 1316 – 1320
     5. Nasruddin Khusrau Khan = 1320 (about 5 months)
• The longest reigning ruler of the Khilji dynasty = Alauddin Khilji
• The shortest reigning ruler of the Khilji dynasty = Shikhabuddin Umar
• The shortest reigning Sultan of Delhi = Shikhabuddin Umar
• Delhi Sultanate History Dynasties and Timeline

Tughlaq Dynasty

• Total years of Tughlaq dynasty rule = 94 years.
• The founder of the Tughlaq dynasty was Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Shah I (Qazi Malik).
• Qazi Malik, Alauddin Khilji’s army commander, established the Tughlaq dynasty under the name of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Shah.
• Delhi Sultanate History Dynasties and Timeline
• Tughlaq Dynasty rulers
  • 1. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq = 1320-1325
    2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq = 1325–1351
    3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq = 1351–1388
    4. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Khan II = 1388–1389
    5. Abu Bakr Shah = 1389–1390
    6. Nasruddin Muhammad Shah III = 1390–1393
    7. Alauddin Sikandar Shah = 1393
    8. Nasruddin Nusrat Shah Tughlaq = 1394-1398
    9. Nasruddin Muhammad Shah Tughlaq = 1394-1413
• The longest reigning ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty was = Firuz Shah Tughlaq.

Syed dynasty

• The founder of the Syed dynasty was Khizr Khan.
• Total years of rule of Sayyid dynasty = 37 years
• The longest reigning ruler of the Syed dynasty = Mubarak Shah
• Sayyid dynasty rulers
  1. 1. Khizr Khan = 1414-1421
     2. Mubarak Shah = 1421-1434
     3. Muhammad Shah = 1434-1445
     4. Alauddin Alam Shah = 1445-1451

Lodi Dynasty

• The founder of the Lodi dynasty was Bahlul Lodi.
• Years of Lodi dynasty rule = 75 years
• The longest reigning ruler of the Lodi dynasty = Bahlul Lodi
• The longest reigning ruler among the Delhi Sultans = Bahlul Lodi (38 years)
• Delhi Sultanate History Dynasties and Timeline
• Lodi Dynasty rulers
  1. 1. Bahlul Lodi = 1451-1489
     2. Sikandar Lodi = 1489-1517
     3. Ibrahim Lodi       = 1517-1526