| Slave | Qutbuddin | Died while playing Chaugan. Aram Shah (short period) | |
| Aibak | | | | | |
| Shamsuddin | He defeated Yalduz of Ghazni & Qubacha of Multan. Captured the |
| Iltutmish | fort of Ranthambor, Lakhnauti. Organized the iqta system (land |
| | assignment) & currency (introduced copper tanka & silver jital). |
| Razia Sultana | Married Malik Altunia (Governor of Bhatinda). Turkish Aamirs |
| | played the dominant role & after Razia, they enthroned Bahram |
| | Shah, Masud Shah & Nasiruddin Mahmud in that order. | |
| Balban (Ulugh | Balban was Turkish slave of Iltutmish. He poisoned his master |
| Khan) | Nasiruddin Mahmud. Killed the rebel governor of Bengal, Tughril |
| | Khan. He revived the practice of sijda (prostration) & paibos |
| | (kissing monarch’s feet). | | | |
| | Kaikhusrau, Kaiquabad & Kaimurs had short duration. | |
| Khalji | Jalaluddin Khalji | Descended at the age of seventy. Later Alauddin murdered his uncle |
| | & father in law Jalaluddin & seized the throne. | |
| Alauddin Khalji | Lay seige to Ranthambor which was under redoubtable Hammir |
| | Deva which continued till one year. Later Chittor under Ratan |
| | Singh (wife Padmini) fell & was renamed Kizhrabad. Malik Kafur |
| | campaigned | against | Kaktiyas | (Warangal), | Hoysalas |
| | (Dwarasamudra) & Pandyas. Mubarak Shah (son) & Khusrau khan |
| | had short rule. | | | | |
| | Kharaj (land tax – 50%), Charai, Gharii (dwelling tax). First to |
| | introduce permanent standing army, dagh & chehra. Afghans & |
| | Sultan’s Indian officers rose to prominence. | |
| Tughlaq | Ghiyasuddin | Earlier called Ghazi Malik. Ghiasuddin had repelled mongol attack |
| Tughlaq | under khaljis before ascending throne. Attaked Kaktiyas & Bengal |
| | succesfully. Founded third city of Delhi – Tughlaqabad. | |
| Muhammad bin | Open consorting with Hindus & Jogis. Killed Ulemas, qazis who |
| Tughlaq | rose in rebellion. Shifted capital to Devagiri (renamed Daulatabad), |
| | token currency (bronze coin-jittal). Shifted to Swargadwari during |
| | famine. At his death Barani commented, ‘at last the people got rid |
| | of him & he got rid of the people’. First sultan to visit the shrine of |
| | Moinuddin Chisti. Disciple of Shaikh Alauddin & Jinaprabha Suri. |
| Firuz Shah | Not a military leader. Conqured Thatta, Orissa (uprooted Jagannath |
| Tughlaq | idol), Nagarkot. Distributed iqtas, made them heritable increased |
| | salaries. Founded Fatehabad, Hissar, Firuzpur, Jaunpur & |
| | Firuzabad. Built canals. Influence of Ulema revived. First muslim |
| | ruler to impose Jaziya on Brahmins but abolished Ghari & Charai. |
| | Visited the shrine of Salar Masud Ghazi & became fanatical. |
| | Removed paintings from palace. Got many sanskirt works |
| | translated in Persian | | | |
| Timur | Timur 1398 AD | During the reign of Mahmud Tughlaq who fled the city. He |
| Invastion | | assigned Delhi to Khizr Khan & hence Sayyid dynasty was born. |
| Sayyids | Khizr Khan | Khizr Khan’s reign as well as that of his successors, Mubarak Shah, |
| | Muhammad Shah & Alauddin Alam Shah was spent trying to |
| | control the rebellious leaders (esp. Khokhars led by Jasrath). |
| Lodis | Bahlul Lodi | First dynasty to be headed by Afghans. Principal event of Bahlul |
| | Lodi’s life was the annexation of Juanpur kingdom. |
| Sikander Lodi | Contemporary of Mahmud Begarha of Gujarat & Rana Sanga of |
| | Mewar. The rent rolls of his reign formed the basis during Sher |
| | Shah Suri period. Imposed the Jaziya. The Bahluli coin remained in |
| | circulation till Akbar’s rule. He was the only sultan to be killed in |
| | the battle field. |
