Delhi Sultanate

Delhi Sultanate — Period

1206–1526 AD

First Muslim Invasion — Invader

Muhammad bin Qasim

Muhammad bin Qasim — Year

712 AD

Muhammad bin Qasim — Origin

Arab

Muhammad bin Qasim — Kingdom

Umayyad Kingdom

Muhammad bin Qasim — Region Conquered

Sindh

Muhammad bin Qasim — Defeated

Raja Dahir

First Turk Invasion — Invader

Mahmud of Ghazni

Mahmud of Ghazni — Reign

998–1030 AD

Mahmud of Ghazni — Origin

Turkmenistan

Mahmud of Ghazni — Number of Attacks

17

Mahmud of Ghazni — First Attack

1001 AD

Mahmud of Ghazni — Reason for Attacks

Loot & revenge for Subuktigin's death

Shahnameh — Author

Firdausi

Tahqiq-i-Hind — Author

Al-Biruni

Second Turk Invasion — Invader

Muhammad Ghori

Muhammad Ghori — Reign

1175–1206 AD

Muhammad Ghori — First Attack

Multan, 1175 AD

Muhammad Ghori — Gujarat Battle

Defeated by Bhima II, 1178 AD

First Battle of Tarain — Year

1191

First Battle of Tarain — Between

Muhammad Ghori & Prithviraj Chauhan

Second Battle of Tarain — Year

1192

Second Battle of Tarain — Between

Muhammad Ghori & Prithviraj Chauhan

Prithviraj Raso — Author

Chandra Bardai

Prithviraj's Queen Someshwara — Author

Karpura Devi

Battle of Chandawar — Year

1194 AD

Battle of Chandawar — Between

Muhammad Ghori & Jai Chand

Slaves of Muhammad Ghori — Important

Qutbuddin Aibak, Yalduz, Qubacha & Bakhtiyar Khilji

Qutbuddin Aibak — Role

Commander of Muhammad Ghori

Bakhtiyar Khilji — Achievement

Destroyed Nalanda University

Slave Dynasty — Period

1206–1290 AD

Slave Dynasty — Other Name

Mamluk Dynasty

Slave Dynasty — Rulers

Belonged to Ilbari tribe

Qutbuddin Aibak — Reign

1206–1210 AD

Qutbuddin Aibak — Capital

Lahore

Qutbuddin Aibak — Title

Lakh Baksh

Lakh Baksh — Meaning

Giver of lakhs

Qutbuddin Aibak — Death

1210 AD, while playing Polo/Chaugan

Qutbuddin Aibak — Mosque

Quwat-ul-Islam, Delhi

Qutbuddin Aibak — Mosque

Adhai Din Ka Jhopra, Ajmer

Qutb Minar — Construction

Begun by Qutbuddin Aibak

Qutb Minar — Associated With

Sufi saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Shamsuddin Iltutmish — Reign

1211–1236 AD

Iltutmish — Relation to Aibak

Son-in-law

Iltutmish — Capital

Delhi

Iltutmish — Capital Shift

Lahore → Delhi

Iltutmish — Mongol Threat

Saved Delhi Sultanate from Chengiz Khan

Chengiz Khan — Death

1227 AD

Iltutmish — Wazir

Nizam-ul-Mulk

Tanka — Type

Silver coin

Jital — Type

Copper coin

Iqta System — Meaning

Piece of land

Chahalgani / Chalisa — Meaning

Group of 40 slaves

Razia Sultana — Reign

1236–1240 AD

Razia Sultana — Relation

Daughter of Iltutmish

Razia Sultana — Significance

First & only Muslim woman to rule India

Razia Sultana — Death

1240 AD

Razia Sultana — Killed By

Khokhar tribe near Kaithal, Haryana

Tabaqat-i-Nasiri — Author

Minhaj al-Siraj

Ghiyasuddin Balban — Reign

1266–1287 AD

Balban — Chahalgani

Broke the power of Chalisa

Balban — Main Objective

Restored prestige of the Crown

Balban — Military Department

Diwan-i-Arz