Enumerate the causes for the downfall of Delhi sultanate.
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Explanation:
The causes that led to the downfall of the Sultans were:
1. The Delhi Sultans came and conquered India by the force of their armies. But they never tried to win the confidence and love of their subjects.
2. Most of the Sultans were religious fanatics. Sultans like Firoz Tughlak and Sikander Lodi re-imposed jazia, the much-heated pilgrimage tax on the Hindus. Consequently the Hindus hated them and became their enemies.
3. The Muslim nobility was also much to be blamed for the downfall of the Sultans. The armies and the nobles were too powerful and could be kept under control only by powerful rulers like Alla-ud-din Khiliji and Balban. Whenever a weak ruler came on the throne they took advantage and rebelled against them.
4. The jagirdari system received by Firoz Tughlak was an important factor responsible for the ruin of the Sultans. The jagirdars became very powerful in their territories and asserted their independence.
5. The empire was too vast to be controlled in those days when means of communication were not so developed.
6. Timur’s invasion gave the final blow to the already disintegrating Sultanate and with Babur’s invasion came the end of the Delhi Sultanate.
Decline of the Delhi Sultanate
The decline of Delhi Sultanate occur due to many reasons :-
1 the Delhi Sultan were despotic nature and could not win the confidence of the people .
2 Most of the Sultan following the Policy of religious intolerance . They imposed Jaziya and destroyed temples .
3 Most of the sultan's where pleasure loving ,weak and incompetent rulers.
4 After the death of every Sultan there was a war of succession which made the Empire weak .
5 The Mongols invaded and plundered the Sultanate.