1320 - Events. January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. The Venetian Arsenal is rebuilt as the Arsenal Nuovo. Second Shepherds' Crusade. 1320 - Births. April 8 - King Peter I of Portugal (died 1367) John Hawkwood, English mercenary (died ...

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Main 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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Delhi Sultanate - Slave Dynasty 1206 - 1290. Qutb-ud-din Aybak (1206 - 1210) Aram Shah (1210 - 1211) Shams ud din Iltutmish (1211 - 1236) Rukn ud din Firuz (1236) Raziyyat ud din Sultana (1236 - 1240) Muiz ud din Bahram (1240 - 1242) Ala ud din Masud (1242 - 1246) Nasir ud din Mahmud (1246 - 1266) Ghiyas ud din Balban (1266 - 128 ...

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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 ...

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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

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The initial entry of Islam into South Asia came in the first century after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. The Umayyad caliph in Damascus sent an expedition to Balochistan and Sindh in 711 led by Muhammad bin Qasim (for whom Karachi's second port is named). The expedition went as far north as Multan but was not able to retain that region and was not successful in expanding Islamic rule to other parts of India. Coastal trade and the presence of a Muslim colony in Sindh, however, permitted significant cultural exchanges and the introduction into t ...

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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

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