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دہلی سلطنت پادشاہی دہلی |
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Delhi Sultanate under various dynasties.
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Capital |
Delhi (1206–1210) Badayun (1210–1214) Delhi (1214–1327) Daulatabad (1327–1334) Delhi (1334–1506) Agra (1506–1526) |
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Languages | Persian (official),Hindavi (since 1451) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | |||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Sultanate | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sultan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• | 1206–1210 | Qutb-ud-din Aibak (first) | ||||||||||||||||||||
• | 1517–1526 | Ibrahim Lodi (last) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||||||||||||||
• | Independence | 12 June 1206 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• | Battle of Amroha | 20 December 1305 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• | Battle of Panipat | 21 April 1526 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Flag of Delhi Sultanate according to the Catalan Atlas
The Delhi Sultanate was a Muslim kingdom based mostly in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). Five dynasties ruled over Delhi Sultanate sequentially, the first four of which were of Turkic origin: the Mamluk dynasty (1206–90); the Khilji dynasty (1290–1320); the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414); the Sayyid dynasty (1414–51); and the Afghan Lodi dynasty (1451–1526).
Qutb-ud-din Aibak, a former slave of Muhammad Ghori, was the first sultan of Delhi and his dynasty conquered large areas of northern India. Afterwards the Khilji dynasty was also able to conquer most of central India, but both failed to unite the Indian subcontinent. This sultanate also is noted for being one of the few states to repel an attack from the Mongol Empire, and enthroned one of the few female rulers in Islamic history, Razia Sultana from 1236 to 1240.