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THE DELHI
SULTANATE.
Made by :Nikhil
Jindal
of 7th i

Submitted to :Mrs.
Sukhjit Kaushal

Acknowledgement

CONTENTS-Dynasties

which ruled over

Delhi.
Slave

dynasty.

Khilji

dynasty.

Tughlaq
Khilji
Lodi

dynasty.

dynasty.
dynasty.

After the death of Mohammed Ghor

in 1206 AD; his Indian Empire passed
onto the hands of his viceroy Qutubud din-Aibek as he had no successors.
He later became the founder of the
slave dynasty. The Delhi Sultanate was
established by Qutub-ud-din-Aibek in
1206AD. Altogether five
dynasties
from 1206 to1526AD formed Delhi
Expansion

SLAVE DYNASTY
Mohammed Ghori had left the task of
administering his Indian conquest to
Qutub-ud-din-Aibek, his slave & governor
of Indian provinces. After the death of
Mohammed Ghori, he declared himself the
sultan of Hindustan. He ruled for 4 yrs,
later he was succeeded by Iltutmish. In
turn he was succeeded by Razia begum
who was killed in a battle. There were a
number of sturcutures built during Slave

 It was a mosque built by

Qutbbudin Aibak.
The mosques open
courtyard, colonnades,
and qibla wall were built
from the pillars and
ceilings.

 The construction of
Qutub Minar was
started
by
Qutbbudin
Aibak
and completed by
IIlltumish.

KHILJI DYNASTY
Jalaluddin Khilji established Khilji
dynasty. The founder of Turkish
dynasty,
Jalaluddin
Khilji
was
seventy when he ascended the
throne.
He
defeated
the
descendants
of
Balban,
being
victorious came to power. He was
kind hearted, mild and had faith in
nature. Alauddin-khilji ascended the

 It was constructed by
Allaudin Khilji in
1311AD.
It is the main gate to
the Quwwat ul Islam
Mosque

TUGHLAQ DYNASTY
Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq defeated
&killed
the last
ruler of Khilji dynasty & became the
ruler
of Delhi in
1320AD. He was succeeded by his son
Mohammed-binTughlaq. He ruled from 1325
to 1351 AD. He was a
good calligraphist,
scholar, writer & an orator. Firoz Shah
Tughlaq was a powerful ruler after
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. He built a

 It was constructed by Firuz

Shah Tughlaq.
His tomb is in the middle
of
a
madrasa
he
commissioned,
overlooking a tank of water
known as Hauz Khas.

Khizr Khan established the Sayyid

dynasty. He was said to be the
ablest ruler, in 1398 he joined
forces with Timur; Khijr
Khan was appointed by Timur lame
before leaving Delhi. The rulers
of this dynasty were
Khizr Khan, Mubarak
Shah, Muhammad Shah and Alaud-din Alam
Shah. The last
ruler of the dynasty surrendered
the throne of Delhi to Bahlol Lodhi,

sayyid DYNASTY

Bahlul Khan Lodi was an Afghan

noble who was a great soldier. When
Alam Shah voluntarily abdicated the
throne to him, Bahlul Khan seized
the throne on April 19, 1451 with the
support of his minister Hamid Khan.
He was the first Afghan ruler of
Delhi. Bahlul Khan extended his
territories over Gwalior, Jaunpur and
upper Uttar Pradesh. He appointed
his eldest son Barbak Shah as
viceroy of Jaunpur in 1486. Nizam

lodi DYNASTY

Music also flourished during the

Sultanate. The Indian classical work
raagdarpan was
translated into Persian during the
reign
of Feroz Tughlaq.
Bhakti and Sufi saints
gave
aboost to music. Through their singing,
they popularized a new
style of the chorus
singing
called qawwali. Amir Khusru
introduced many new ragas such as
ghora
and sanam.