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Revision note: The Delhi Sultanate: Five Dynasties and their Rulers (1206–1526)

  • Dynasties: Mamluk (1206) → Khalji (1290) → Tughlaq (1320) → Sayyid (1414) → Lodi (1451–1526)
  • Aibak: Lakh Baksh, Qutb Minar begun, Quwwat-ul-Islam; Iltutmish: capital Delhi, Forty, iqta, tanka & jital, Caliph's investiture
  • Razia – only woman sultan; Balban – Zil-i-Ilahi, sijda & paibos, broke the Forty, Diwan-i-Arz
  • Alauddin: market reforms (Shahna-i-Mandi), dagh & huliya, 50% revenue by measurement, Malik Kafur in the Deccan, Alai Darwaza, Siri
  • MBT: Daulatabad 1327, token currency, Diwan-i-Kohi, Ibn Battuta; Firuz: canals, Diwan-i-Bandagan, Dar-ul-Shifa, hereditary iqtas
  • Timur 1398; Sikandar Lodi – Agra 1504, gaz-i-Sikandari; Panipat I 1526
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