The Bahmani Kingdom Of all the independent Muslim kingdoms that arose on the ruins of the Delhi Sultanate, the Bahmani kingdom of the Deccan proved to be the most powerful. It came into exis... Read more
After the death of Mahmud Begarha on the 23rd November, 1511, the throne passed to his son Muzaffar II, who waged successful wars against the Rajputs and restored Mahmud Khalaji of Malwa to... Read more
Mahmud’s eldest son, Ghiyas-ud-din, ascended the throne of Malwa two days after his father’s death. He was a lover of peace and a devout Muslim, ” particular in his daily p... Read more
Independent Sultanates in the Provinces ofNorthern and Western India Jaunpur The city of Jaunpur was founded by Firuz of the house of Tughluq to perpetuate the memory of his cousin and patro... Read more
Iliyas was succeeded by his son, Sikandar Shah, early in whose reign the Delhi Sultan made a second attempt to recover Bengal but had to return disappointed. After a prosperous reign of abou... Read more
After the death of Sikandar, his eldest son, Ibrahim, was elevated to the throne at Agra on the 21st November, 1517. A faction of the nobility advocated a partition of the kingdom and set up... Read more
Delhi : The Sayyids and the Lodis The so-called Sayyids AFTER the death of Sultan Mahmud, the nobles of Delhi acknowledged Daulat Khan Lodi, the most powerful of their number, as the ruler o... Read more
The Successors of Firuz Shah, Son of Rajab The immediate successor of Firuz was his grandson, Tughluq Shah, who assumed the title of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq Shah II. He soon fell a victim to a... Read more
Firuz’s building and gardening activities indirectly benefitted the people. He had a great passion for building new cities and renaming old ones. He himself says: ” Among the man... Read more
On his way back to Delhi, the Sultan halted for some time at Jaunpur, and then marched against Jajnagar (modern Orissa). The Rai of this place fled, on the approach of the Delhi troops, towa... Read more
