Minhaj I siraj researched very deeply about the delhi sultanate . Discuss some facts given by him. Give at least 5 facts
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Born in 1993, Minhaj al-Siraj was a 13th century Persian historian, who was the chief historian to the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi.
Some of the main observations he recorded were as follows:
· Delhi Sultanate spread over Indian subcontinent and the rule lasted from 1206 to 1526.
· Over this period, five dynasties ruled over the sultanate and they were the Mamluk dynasty, Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Sayyid dynasty and the Lodi dynasty.
· Qutb Al Din Aibak was the first sultan of Delhi.
· The Mongols tried to attack the sultanate several times and the sultanate is one among the few, who withstood the Mongol attack and forced them back.
· Of the very few female rulers in Islamic history, Razia Sultana reigned over the kingdom from 1236 to 1240.
· The sultanate was at its zenith during the rule of Tughlaq dynasty.
. After the Tughlaq dynasty, the sultanate fell into decline as a result of the Hindu reconquests.
Minhaj-i-Siraj wrote Tabaqat-i-Nasiri. In his works, he gave a detailed account of the Islamic world. He has written about the Mongol conquest of Central Asia in the 1220s which was witnessed by him. In his works, we also find valuable information regarding the rise and fall of the ruling dynasties of central Asia, Persia, India and the Mongols under Changez Khan. He has also talked of the rise of the Qara Khitai Turks and their struggle against the Saljuqs. We can also find an account of the 'sack of Baghdad' and the destruction of the Caliphate by Helugu in 1258. His literary accounts also gives a separate section to the biography of Berke Khan, the grandson of Changez Khan, the first Mongol to embrace Islam.