RULERS OF DELHI

Rajput dynasties
Delhi—Under Tomars then Chauhans of Ajmer.

Tomars—early 12th ce to 1165

Ananga pala

Chauhana -1165-92 including Prithviraj Chauhan

Battles of Tarain

1191 and 1192 near the town of Tarain (Taraori), near Thanesar in present-day Haryana, approximately
150 kilometres north of Delhi, India, between the Muslim Ghurid army led by Sultan Shahabuddin
Muhammad Ghauri and the Hindu Rajput army led by Prithviraj Chauhan.[

Early Turkish Rulers------1206-1290

Qutb-ud-din Aibak,

Shamsuddin iltutmish

Raziya sultana

Ghiyasuddin Balbana

1206- Gulam Dynasty

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, his capital in Delhi where he built the Qutub Minar and the Quwwat Al Islam
mosque.[1the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Ghulam dynasty (Mamluk Sultanate) of India. He
ruled for only four years, from 1206 to 1210 AD. He died while playing polo in Lahore.[2]

Iltutmish
third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi of Turkic origin, He shifted Capital from Lahore to Delhi.
ltutmish introduced the silver tanka and the copper jital-the two basic coins of the Sultanate period, He
introudced Iqtadari system: division of empire into Iqtas.

Hauz E sultani in Delhi

Razia Sultana
was the Sultan of Delhi in India from 1236 to May 1240

Ghiyas ud din Balban 1266-87

ninth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty, Balban ascended the throne in 1266 till 1287.

His successors were weak and incompetent and the throne was eventually captured by Jalal ud din Firuz
Khilji in 1290, bringing an end to the Slave dynasty.

Khilji dynasty :1290-1320

Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji

first sultan of the Khilji dynasty, who reigned from 1290 to 1296. He was murdered by his nephew, Ala
ud din Khilji when he arrived. Ala ud din Khilji went on to become the greatest ruler of the Delhi
Sultanate.

most powerful ruler of the dynasty,[2] reigning from 1296 to 1316, historic attack
on Chittor in 1303 CE, and the folklore of him hearing of the beauty of queen of Chittor, Rani Padmini.
epic poem Padmavat, written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in the Awadhi language in the year 1540. his
slave general Malik Kafur was against Deogir, aggrandizement in Deccan. Malik Kafur invaded Warangal,
Alauddin Khilji got the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond

Alauddin Khilji Introduced Price control system in order to maintain a large scale army. He destroyed
Somnath temple.

TUGHLAQ DYNASTY : 1320-1414

Ghiyasuddin

Muhammad

Firoz shah

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

founder and first ruler of the Turkic Muslim Tughluq dynasty in India, who reigned over Sultanate of
Delhi

Muhammad bin Tughluq

Turkic Sultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351, built the capital Jahanpanah

Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveler, visited him during his reign

known for his experimentation with coinage. Shifted capital to Daulatabad in MH., The place, was once
as known as Deogiri, Also Callle Daulatabad.

Firuz Shah Tughlaq ;1351-1388

a Turkic Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to
1388, city of Firozabad at the site of the Feroz Shah Kotla, Sharia rule.

The lowest point for the dynasty however came in 1398, when Turco-Mongol[1][2] invader, Timur
(Tamerlane) defeated four armies of the Sultanate on December 15, 1398great-great-grandfather of
Babur

SAYYID DYNASTY : 1414-1451 BY KHIZR KHAN

LODI DYNASTY- 1451-1526 BAHLOL LODI

MUGHAL DYNASTY
Manghols= Genghis khan from matri and timur lane from patri side

Their g.grandfather Timurlane had captured Delhi in 1398.

Babur (1526-1530)
1. Throne of Farghana valley in 1494. Another Mongol group Uzbek attacked him.
2. He seized Kabul in 1504 and then Delhi in 1526 from Ibrahim Lodi/afghan group in Panipat 1 on 1526.

3. 1527 defeated Rana sanga and rajputs

4. defeated rajputs at chanderi, Agra and delhi under control.

HUMAYUN (1530-40, 55-56)

1. Afghan group Sher shah suri defeated him at chausa and kannauj 1540, he fled to Iran.

2.Irani Safavids helped him , recaptured delhi in 1555

Akbar (1556-1605)

2nd battle of Panipat 1556

The Second Battle of Panipat was fought

between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly called Hemu, the Hindu king who
was ruling North India from Delhi, and the army of Akbar, on November 5, 1556. It was a decisive victory
for Akbar's generals Khan Zaman I and Bairam Khan[1]

13 year old when emperor. Regent Bairam Khan. Campaigns Against Afghans.

Malva, Gondwana Campaign, 1568 Chittor Sisodiya, 1569 Ranthambor

Gujarat and eastern india campaign, Mirza hakim revolt,

NW campaign, Safavid fight, Quandhar taken,Kashmir,Kabul,

Deccan campaign, Barar,khandesh,Ahmednagar

Salim/Jahangir distracted him.

Akbar’s revenue min Todarmal introduced the system of Zabt after land survey and 10 year analysis.

Akbarnama was written by Abul Fazl. Its third volume is Aine-akbari

Fatehpur SIkri Ibadat khana : Sulhe Kul /Universal Peace.

RED FORT AGRA

 After Panipat,
Mughals captured the fort and a vast treasure, Babur stayed in the fort in the palace of Ibrahim. Akbar
made this with Red sandstone.

JAHANGIR : 1605-1627
1. sisodiya mewar Amar singh down under. Anti Sikh campaign, AHoms, Ahmednagar,

His own son khurram/Jahangir followed him and rebelled. Noor Jahan , Jahangir’s wife did not want
khurram.

Nur Jahan’s influence in Jahangir’s court

Nor Jahan, etc.) (1577–1645), also known as Mehr-un-Nisaa,

SHAH JAHAN : 1627-1658
Deccan campaign , afghan khan lodi rebelled, ahmednagar campaign, Bundelas, Orcha seized, he lost
qandhar and balkh, Ahmednagar and Bijapur won

Conflict among Sons, Aurangzeb his son kills Dara Shikoh, Shah jahan imprisoned in Agra

Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jehan made taj mahal after her.

AURANGZEB : 1658-1707
Ahoms defeated, Marwar Rathor rebellion ,

Shivaji, prince Akbar rebelled,

Anti Deccan Sultanates, BIjapur Annexed in 1685, Golkonda 1687, Maratha Guerilla Warfare,

Sikh,jats, Satnami rebellion, Ahom rebellion,

 DARA SHIKOH

eldest son and the heir apparent of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

but was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin (later the Emperor Aurangzeb) in a bitter
struggle for the imperial throne. Dara devoted much effort towards finding a common mystical language
between Islam and Hinduism. Towards this goal he completed the translation of 50 Upanishads from its
original Sanskrit into Persian in 1657 so it could be read by Muslim scholars

Suri Dyansty 1540-55

1556-1605

Akbar

1556

Sher Shah Suri and Humayun war

1562
Humayun's tomb (Urdu: ‫ہمایوں‬ ‫ مقبرہ کا‬Humayun ka Maqbara) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor
Humayun. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum in 1562 AD, and
designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect.[1] It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian
subcontinent,[2] and is located in Nizamuddin East, Delhi, India, close to the Dina-panah citadel also
known as Purana Qila, that Humayun founded in 1533

1576

Raja Man Singh I of Amber, a state later known as Jaipur. He was a trusted general of the
Mughal emperor Akbar, who included him among the Navaratnas. Kunwar Man Singh led the Mughal
Army in the well-known battle of Haldighati fought in 1576 between the Mughal Empire and Maha Rana
Pratap

NADIR SHAH
Attacks India in 1739.

Attacks by Abdali (1748-1761)

Two groups in NOBLES------------------IRANI and Turani