Question

The period between _____ is known as the period of Delhi Sultanate.
1. 1106 AD and 1326 AD
2. 1606 AD and 1826 AD
3. 1206 AD and 1526 AD
4. 1006 AD and 1326 AD

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 1206 AD and 1526 AD

The correct answer is 1206 AD and 1526 AD.

• Delhi Sultanate, five short-lived dynasties, based in Delhi, from 1206 to 1526 AD, when it fell to the Mughal Empire.
• During this period of over three hundred years, five dynasties ruled in Delhi.
  1. The Slave dynasty (1206-90)
  2. Khilji dynasty (1290-1320)
  3. Tughlaq dynasty (1320-1413)
  4. Sayyid dynasty (1414-51)
  5. Lodhi Dynasty (1451-1526)

• Qutub-ud-din Aibak, a slave of Muhammad Ghori, who became the ruler after the death of his master, founded the Slave Dynasty.
  • He was a great builder who built the majestic 238 feet high stone tower known as Qutub Minar in Delhi.
  • The next important king of the Slave dynasty was Shams-ud-din Iltutmush, who himself was a slave of Qutub-ud-din Aibak.
  • Razia Begum, the capable daughter of Iltutmush, was the first and the only Muslim lady who ever adorned the throne of Delhi.
  • Balban consolidated the administrative set up of the empire and completed the work started by Iltutmush.
• Jalal-ud-din Khilji on the throne and this marked the beginning of the Khilji dynasty.
  • Ala-ud-din Khilji, a nephew of Jalal-ud-din Khilji hatched a conspiracy and got Sultan Jalal-ud-din killed and proclaimed himself as the Sultan in 1296.
• Ghyasuddin Tughlaq, who was the Governor of Punjab during the reign of Ala-ud-din Khilji, ascended the throne in 1320 A.D. and founded the Tughlaq dynasty.
  • Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq succeeded his father and extended the kingdom beyond India, into Central Asia.
  • He first shifted his capital from Delhi to Devagiri in Deccan.
  • He died in 1351 A.D. and his cousin, Feroz Tughlaq succeeded him.
• Sayyid dynasty was founded by Khizar Khan.
• Bahlūl Lodī was the founder of the Lodhi dynasty.
  • Ibrahim Khan Lodhi was the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty when he was defeated and killed at the Battle of Panipat by Babur's invading army, giving way to the emergence of the Mughal Empire in India.