Question

Arrange the following Saiyyid Sultans in chronological order starting from the earliest:

(A) Alauddin Alam Shah

(B) Muizzuddin Mubarak Shah II

(C) Khizr Khan

(D) Muhammad Shah IV

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (C), (B), (D), (A)
2. (B), (A), (D), (C)
3. (C), (D), (B), (A)
4. (D), (C), (B), (A)

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : (C), (B), (D), (A)

Khizr Khan (1414- 1421 A.D.)

• He was the founder of Sayyid Dynasty and the Governor of Multan.
• He took advantage of the disordered situation in India after Timur’s invasion.
• In 1414 A.D. he occupied the throne of Delhi.
• He brought parts of Surat, Dimapur, and Punjab under his control.
• But he lost Bengal, Deccan, Gujarat, Jaunpur, Khandesh and Malwa.
• In 1421 he died.

Muizzuddin Mubarak Shah II (1421-1434 A.D.)

• Mubarak Shah, son of Khizr Khan succeeded him.
• Mubarak Shah crushed the local chiefs of the Doab region and the Khokhars.
• He is first Sultan ruler to appoint Hindu nobles in the court of Delhi.
• He constructed “Mubarakbad” City on the banks of the river Yamuna.
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Muhammad Shah IV (1434-1445 A.D.)

• Muhammad Shah was the nephew of Mubarak Shah and succeeded him
• He defeated the ruler of Malwa with the help of Bahlul Lodi the Governor of Lahore.
• He conferred Bahlul Lodi with the title Khan-i-Khanan for help in defeating the ruler of Malwa.
• Later Ala-ud-din Shah succeeded him. 
   

Ala-ud-din Alam Shah (1445-1457 A.D.)

• He was not a strong ruler.
• Ala-ud-din Shah was removed from the throne by Bahlul Lodi in 1457 A.D. who was the Governor of Lahore.
• Delhi was captured by him and he was sent to Badaun.
• Ala-ud-din Shah died in Badaun in 1478 A.D.