⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Timur sacks Delhi
1398 – present · 📍 Delhi
What it led to: Delhi was devastated and the Tughlaq sultanate never recovered.
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1299Mongols defeated at Kili
→ Alauddin Khalji's army repelled Qutlugh Khwaja's Mongol invasion.
1737Baji Rao raids Delhi
1803British capture Delhi
→ The Mughal emperor came under British protection.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1407 Gujarat Sultanate becomes independent · Gujarat Sultanate
Alive at the time
Nund Rishi (Sheikh Nooruddin)
1377 – 1438
Kashmiri Sufi saint of the Rishi order
Nicolò de' Conti1395 – 1469
Venetian merchant who visited Vijayanagara around 1420
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Delhi Sultanate & Regional KingdomsBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 8
- Delhi SultanateA phase of
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (94 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (94 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (94 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (94 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (88 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (78 years)
- Bahmani Sultanate 1347 – 1527Existed at the same time (67 years)
👑 Rulers 4
- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 1320 – 1325Ruled it
- Muhammad bin Tughlaq 1325 – 1351Ruled it
- Firuz Shah Tughlaq 1351 – 1388Ruled it
- Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah 1394 – 1412Ruled it
👤 People 2
- Ziauddin Barani c. 1285 – c. 1357Lived under it
- Ibn Battuta c. 1304 – c. 1369Lived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Timur sacks Delhi 1398Happened in it
- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty 1320Happened in it
- Fall of the Kakatiyas 1323Happened in it
- Capital shifted to Daulatabad 1327Happened in it
- Muhammad bin Tughlaq issues token currency c. 1329Happened in it
- Ibn Battuta arrives in Delhi 1334Happened in it
📄 Research 3
- Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colon… Cynthia Talbot · 1995Research on this topic
- Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States Richard M. Eaton · 2000Research on this topic
- The Pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics Muzaffar Alam · 1998Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History Peter JacksonRecommended reading
- History of Medieval India Satish ChandraRecommended reading