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Sultanate of Delhi
AD 1206 - 1555
The Sultanate was founded by a slave of the Ghurid
sultan, Mohammed III. The Ghurids were based further west, in the region of
Afghanistan. The Delhi Sultanate began in Lahore, but subsequent rulers
extended their territory and Delhi became the capital. |
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Mu'izzi (Shamsi) Slave Kings
AD 1206 - 1290 |
1206 - 1210 |
Aybak Qutb ad Din |
Malik in Lahore. Former slave of Ghurids. |
1210 - 1211 |
Āram Shah |
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1211 - 1236 |
Iltutmish Shams ad Din |
Sultan in Delhi. |
1215 |
The
Ghurids are displaced in Afghanistan by the
Khwarazm
Shahs. The remaining Ghurid territories in northern India, including the
Punjab, are taken over
by the Delhi Sultanate. |
1236 |
Fīruz Shah I |
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1236 - 1240 |
Radiyya Begum |
Sultana. |
1240 - 1242 |
Bahram Shah |
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1242 - 1246 |
Masud Shah |
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1246 - 1266 |
Mahmud Shah I |
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1266 - 1287 |
Balban Ulugh Khan |
Viceroy since 1246. |
1287 - 1290 |
Kay Qubadh |
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1290 |
Kayumarth |
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Khalji Dynasty
AD 1290 - 1320 |
1290 - 1296 |
Fīruz Shah II Khaljī |
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1296 |
Ibrahim Shah I Qadir Khan |
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1296 - 1316 |
Muhammad Shah I Ali Garshasp |
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1316 |
Umar Shah |
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1316 - 1320 |
Mubacicrak Shah |
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1320 |
Khusraw Khan Barwari |
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Tughluqid (Tughluk) Dynasty
AD 1320 - 1414 |
1320 - 1325 |
Tughluq Shah I |
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1325 - 1351 |
Muhammad Shah II |
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1351 - 1388 |
Forum Shah III |
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1388 - 1389 |
Tughluq Shah II |
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1389 - 1391 |
Abu Bakr Shah |
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1389 - 1394 |
Muhammad Shah III |
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1394 |
Sikandar Shah I |
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1394 - 1395 |
Mahmud Shah II |
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1395 - 1399 |
Nusrat Shah |
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1401 - 1412 |
Mahmud Shah II |
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1412 - 1414 |
Dawlat Khan Lodī |
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Sayyid Dynasty
AD 1414 - 1451 |
1414 - 1421 |
Khidr Khan |
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1421 - 1434 |
Mubarak Shah II |
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1434 - 1443 |
Muhammad Shah IV |
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1443 - 1451 |
Alam Shah |
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Lodi Dynasty
AD 1451 - 1526 |
1451 - 1489 |
Bahlul |
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1489 - 1517 |
Sikandar II Nizam Khan |
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1517 - 1526 |
Ibrahim II |
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1526 - 1540 |
The
Moghuls under Babur sack Delhi and rule the
sultanate. In 1540 the sultanate regains independence under the Suris. |
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Suri Dynasty
AD 1540 - 1555 |
1540 - 1545 |
Shir Shah Sur (of Bengal) |
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1545 - 1554 |
Islam Shah Sur |
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1554 |
Muhammad V Mubariz Khan |
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1554 - 1555 |
Ibrahim III Khan |
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1555 - 1556 |
Ahmad Khan Sikandar Shah III |
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1556 |
Babur's
son, Humayun conquers the sultanate and incorporates it into the
Moghul Empire. |
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Mogul Dynasty
AD 1526 - 1858
The region of Farghana in Transoxiana included a small
Timurid
principality. The Özbeg conquest
of the region (1500) sent the heir, Babur heading for Kabul (1514) and
India (1526), where he founded the Mogul Empire. (The Great Moguls are marked in
green.) |
1526 - 1530 |
Babur |
Invaded Northern
India from
Timurid
Transoxiana. |
1526 - 1540 |
Babur sacks
the Sultanate of Delhi and incorporates
it under his rule, establishing an
Islamic
dynasty in India with victory at the Battle of Panipat. |
1530 - 1540 |
Humayun |
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1540 - 1555 |
There
is an interregnum. The Sultanate of Delhi
regains independence. |
1555 - 1556 |
Humayun |
|
1556 |
The
Sultanate of Delhi is re-conquered. |
1556 - 1605 |
Akbar I |
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1605 - 1627 |
Jahangir |
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1627 - 1628 |
Dawar Bakhsh |
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1628 - 1657 |
Shah Jahan I Khusraw |
Died 1666. |
1658 - 1707 |
Awrangzīb / Aurangzeb Ālamgir I |
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1707 - 1712 |
Shah Alam I Bahadur |
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1712 - 1713 |
Jahandar Muizz ad Din |
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1713 - 1719 |
Farrukh-siyar |
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1719 |
Shams ad Dīn Rafi ad Darajat |
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1719 |
Shah Jahan II Rafi' ad Dawla |
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1719 |
Niku-siyar Muhammad |
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1719 - 1748 |
Muhammad Shah Nasir ad Dīn |
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1739 |
The
looting of Delhi by the
Persian
Nadir Shah takes place. The Mogul Empire fragments into a loose association of states. |
1748 - 1754 |
Ahmad Bahadur Shah I |
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1754 - 1759 |
Azīz ad Din Alamgir II |
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1757 |
The
British
East India Company are victorious over the nawwab of
Bengal, an ally of the
French,
which signals the end of any serious French ambitions in India. |
1759 |
Shah Jahan III |
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1759 - 1788 |
Shah Alam II |
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1775 - 1782 |
First Maratha War
against
the
British East India Company. |
1788 |
Bīdar-bakht |
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1788 - 1806 |
Shah Alam II |
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1803 - 1805 |
Second Maratha War. |
1806 - 1837 |
Mu'in ad Din Akbar II |
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1817 - 1819 |
The Third Maratha War results in a decisive victory for the
British. The Maratha are
bound by treaty to the British Crown. |
1837 - 1858 |
Siraj ad Din Bahadur Shah II |
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1857 - 1858 |
The Indian Mutiny over
British rule erupts, but after some hard fighting in places it is suppressed.
The last Mogul emperor is deposed and India is placed under direct
control of the British Empire's
Viceroys,
whilst subject or allied princes rule various
small states. |
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