Sultans of Delhi were the rulers of the Muslim empire based in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
that stretched over large parts of the subcontinent during the period of
Medieval India
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, for 320 years (1206–1526).
[Delhi Sultanate]
Encyclopædia Britannica Following the conquest of
South Asia
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by the Ghurids, five unrelated heterogeneous dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the
Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290), the
Khalji dynasty
The Khalji or Khilji (Pashto: ; Persian: ) dynasty was a Turco-Afghan dynasty which ruled the Delhi sultanate, covering large parts of the Indian subcontinent for nearly three decades between 1290 and 1320.[Tughlaq dynasty
The Tughlaq dynasty ( fa, ), also referred to as Tughluq or Tughluk dynasty, was a Muslim dynasty of Indo- Turkic origin which ruled over the Delhi sultanate in medieval India. Its reign started in 1320 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the ...]
(1320–1414),
the
Sayyid dynasty
The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, with four rulers ruling from 1414 to 1451. Founded by Khizr Khan, a former governor of Multan, they succeeded the Tughlaq dynasty and ruled the sultanate as a vassal of the Timu ...
(1414–1451), and the
Lodi dynasty
The Lodi dynasty ( ps, لودي سلسله; fa, سلسله لودی) was an Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1451 to 1526. It was the fifth and final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi when he ...
(1451–1526). It covered large swaths of territory in modern-day
India
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,
Pakistan
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, and
Bangladesh
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as well as some parts of southern
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
.
[Chapman, Graham. "Religious vs. regional determinism: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as inheritors of empire." Shared space: Divided space. Essays on conflict and territorial organization (1990): 106-134.]
This list contains the rulers of
Delhi Sultanate
The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). in chronological order.
Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290)
Khalji/Khilji dynasty (1290–1320)
Outside of the dynasties (1320)
Tughluq dynasty (1320–1414)
Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451)
Lodi dynasty (1451–1526)
Family trees
Mamluk dynasty (1206-1290)
Khalji dynasty (1290-1320)
Tughluq dynasty (1320-1413)
Sayyid dynasty (1414-1451)
Lodi dynasty (1451-1526)
Sources
Dynastic Chart
The Imperial Gazetteer of India
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, v. 2, ''p. 368.''
*
Lodī dynasty
- Encyclopædia Britannica
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City List – Delhi Sultanate Rulers, First to Last
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References
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Other literature
* Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
13th-century monarchs in Asia
14th-century monarchs in Asia