2 Wich reference to the Delhi Sultanate answer the following
(a) Why is it called the 'Delhi Sultanate?
b) Which was the first dynasty to rule the Sultanate?
c(Name three great kings of this dynasty and the years the ruled.
Answers
a)Delhi Sultanate, refers to the various Muslim dynasties that ruled in India (1210–1526).
b) Slave or Mamluk Dynasty .
c) Qutbuddin Aibak (1206-1210AD)
Aram Shah (1210-1211 AD)
Iltutmish (1211-1236 AD).
Answer:
Muhammad of Ghor sought a Sunni Islamic kingdom of his own extending east of the Indus river, and he thus laid the foundation for the Muslim kingdom called the Delhi Sultanate. Some historians chronicle the Delhi Sultanate from 1192 due to the presence and geographical claims of Muhammad Ghori in South Asia by that time.
The Ilbary Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate was the first Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate and the various historians designated as the Slave Dynasty or the Mameluq Dynasty or the Ilbari Dynasty.
Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Iltutmish and Balban were great kings of this dynasty