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ARTICLES RELATED TO Islamic empires in India - Delhi Sultanate | | | |  Islamic empires in India - Delhi Sultanate: Encyclopedia II - Islamic empires in India - Delhi SultanateMain article: Delhi Sultanate
During the last quarter of the twelfth century, Muhammad of Ghor invaded the Indo-Gangetic plain, conquering in succession Ghazni, Multan, Sindh, Lahore, and Delhi. Qutb-ud-din Aybak, one of his generals proclaimed himself Sultan of Delhi. In the 13th century, Shams ud din Iltumish (1211 - 1236), a former slave-warrior, established a Turkic kingdom in Delhi, which enabled future sultans to push in every direction; within the next 100 years, the Delhi Sultanate extended its sway east to Bengal and s ...
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| | | | Islamic empires in India - Delhi Sultanate: Encyclopedia II - Islamic empires in India - Southern dynasties The sultans' failure to hold securely the Deccan and South India resulted in the rise of competing southern dynasties: the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate (1347-1527) and the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire (1336-1565). Zafar Khan, a former provincial governor under the Tughluqs, revolted against his Turkic overlord and proclaimed himself sultan, taking the title Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah in 1347. The Bahmani Sultanate, located in the northern Deccan, lasted for almost two centuries, until it fragmented into five smaller states, known as the Deccan sultanat ...
See also:Islamic empires in India, Islamic empires in India - The rise of Islam in South Asia, Islamic empires in India - Delhi Sultanate, Islamic empires in India - The Mughals, Islamic empires in India - Southern dynasties, Islamic empires in India - Literature Read more here: » Islamic empires in India: Encyclopedia II - Islamic empires in India - Southern dynasties |
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